journal article·2025-03

Enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production of the S-scheme GeC/β-ZrNBr heterostructure by external electric field: A first-principles study

Shuangyan Wu, Zizhou Cai, Xuli Tian, Baozhong Zhu, Minggao Xu, Yunlan Sun

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