Surface photovoltage microscopy for mapping charge separation on photocatalyst particles

Ruotian Chen, Chenwei Ni, Jian Zhu, Fengtao Fan, Can Li

Published: 2024-04-23 DOI: 10.1038/s41596-024-00992-2

Surface photovoltage microscopy

Charge separation

Photocatalyst particles

Spatial mapping

Data analysis

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