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Joel N Schrauben1, Rebecca Hayoun, Carolyn N Valdez

  • 1Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle WA 98195, USA.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|June 9, 2012
PubMed
まとめ

金属酸化物のナノ粒子は,素早い,定量的な陽子結合電子移転反応 (PCET) を促進する. この発見は,太陽エネルギー変換やその他の化学技術の重要なメカニズムを明らかにしています.

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