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Journal of Nanomaterials
Volume 2015 (2015), Article ID 589426, 5 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/589426
Research Article

Photocatalytically Active YBa2Cu3O7−x Nanoparticles Synthesized via a Soft Chemical Route

Zhenjiang Shen,1,2 Yongming Hu,1,3 Linfeng Fei,1 Kun Li,1 Wanping Chen,1 Haoshuang Gu,3 and Yu Wang1

1Department of Applied Physics and Materials Research Center, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong
2College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 571158, China
3Key Lab of Ferro- & Piezoelectric Materials and Devices of Hubei Province, Faculty of Physics & Electronic Technology, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China

Received 28 January 2015; Accepted 28 February 2015

Academic Editor: Min Liu

Copyright © 2015 Zhenjiang Shen 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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