Unveiling the enhanced activity origin of BiO1-xCl/C3N5 photocatalyst in CO2-to-CO directional conversion
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Zhilei Chen, Zhaoxia Li, Yunjiang Yu, Mingdeng Xiang, Cheng Ding, Entian Cui, Jizhou Jiang. Unveiling the enhanced activity origin of BiO1-xCl/C3N5 photocatalyst in CO2-to-CO directional conversion[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters,
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