journal article·2026-01

Strategic material engineering of BiFeO3-based piezo-photocatalysts for environmental and energy applications

Die Lu, Xiaodong Zhang, Weiguang Han, Mingqi Xiao, Shukun Ma, Sheng-Qi Guo

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