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Engineered α-Fe2O3-tailored Bi2WO6 microspheres for synergistic photocatalytic pollutant degradation and hydrogen production

S. Krishnaveni, R. Suja, E. Annie Rathnakumari, R. Marnadu, Vasudeva Reddy Minnam Reddy, Woo Kyoung Kim, Mohamed Benghanem, Mohd. Shkir, A. Raja, Vijayakumar Paranthaman

Journal of Nanoparticle Research· Volume 27· Issue 11
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