In-situ hydrothermal synthesis of Bi₆O₆(OH)₃(NO₃)₃·1.5H₂O--BiOCl heterojunction with highly photocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity

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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the open fund of the Key Laboratory of National Forestry & Grassland Bureau for Plant Fiber Functional Materials, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (No. 2019KFJJ15), and the Open Project Program of Fujian Key Laboratory of Novel Functional Textile Fibers and Materials (Minjiang University) (No. FKLTFM1708).

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