Ultrathin ZnIn2S4 Nanosheets Supported Metallic Ni3FeN for Photo-catalytic Coupled Selective Alcohol Oxidation and H2 Evolution
- Corresponding author: Siqi Liu, liusiqi@dlut.edu.cn Min-Quan Yang, yangmq@fjnu.edu.cn
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Mengqing Li, Weiliang Qi, Jiuyang Yu, Lijuan Shen, Xuhui Yang, Siqi Liu, Min-Quan Yang. Ultrathin ZnIn2S4 Nanosheets Supported Metallic Ni3FeN for Photo-catalytic Coupled Selective Alcohol Oxidation and H2 Evolution[J]. Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry,
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