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Recent advances and perspectives of molybdenum disulfide and molybdenum disulfide based nanocomposites for adsorption and photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes: a review

Ruchika Thayil, Suman Gandi, Saidi Reddy Parne, Velavan Kathirvelu

Journal of Materials Science· Volume 59· Issue 8
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