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International Journal of Photoenergy
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 452542, 10 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/452542
Research Article

Dynamic Hydrogen Production from Methanol/Water Photo-Splitting Using Core@Shell-Structured CuS@TiO2 Catalyst Wrapped by High Concentrated TiO2 Particles

Younghwan Im,1 Sora Kang,1 Kang Min Kim,1 Taeil Ju,1 Gi Bo Han,2 No-Kuk Park,3 Tae Jin Lee,3 and Misook Kang1

1Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk 712-749, Republic of Korea
2Plant Engineering Division, Institute for Advanced Engineering, 633-2 Goan-ri, Baegam-myeon, Cheoin-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi 449-863, Republic of Korea
3School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk 712-749, Republic of Korea

Received 12 July 2013; Revised 1 August 2013; Accepted 1 August 2013

Academic Editor: Jiaguo Yu

Copyright © 2013 Younghwan Im et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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