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Hollow core-shell Co9S8@ZnIn2S4 S-scheme heterojunction for selective CO2-to-CO photoreduction

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Sulfur-vacancy generated defect-driven interfaces polarization in Janus-like WS2@MXene heterostructures toward superior electromagnetic absorption

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Preparation and characterization of bifunctional 1T-2H MoS2-Sv/CuS catalyst for electrocatalytic hydrogen and oxygen evolution reaction

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Experimental and Theoretical Research on Photocatalytic Nitrogen Reduction Using MoS2 Nanosheets with Polysulfide Vacancies

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Sulfur electron bridge mediating CuInS2/CuS heterostructure for highly selective CO2 photoreduction to C2H4

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Performance and mechanism investigation of Cu loading and S vacancy synergistic promotion of MoS2 catalyzed low-temperature water gas shift reaction: Experimental and theoretical calculations

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