journal article·2026-03

Stabilization of amorphous Cu2O on Ti3+-rich TiO2 via defect-mediated interfacial bonding for efficient photocatalytic CO2-to-CH4 conversion

Xin Wang, Dan Zhao, Yaochang Guo, Yaxi Fan, Yuping Sun, Wei Chen, Yan Bai

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