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Trimetallic NixCoyAlz LDH-Modified g-C3N4 with Influential Effects of M2+/M3+ (Ni/Co) Active Centers for Stimulating Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production

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Multiscale understand the tuning photocatalytic hydrogen evolution performances of BiOCl stemmed from engineered crystal facet

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Oxygen vacancies induce boosted photocarriers dynamics in WO3/Ti3C2 micro-nano structures with enriched 2D-2D interfaces for trimethylamine abatement

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CoS2 quantum dots modified by ZIF-67 and anchored on reduced graphene oxide as an efficient catalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction

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