journal article·2025-08

Boosting photocatalytic H2 evolution on g-C3N4 through Cu/Ni dual cocatalysts: Unraveling synergistic root on charge dynamics and *H adsorption/desorption

Yiming Zhang, Jingang Yang, Yunpeng Zhang, Xusheng Wang, Chenchen Feng, Haize Jin, Xiaogang Hou, Peisen Li, Qizheng Dong

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