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Unlocking the photo-Fenton potential of novel magnetically separable sulfur doped g-C3N4/CoFe2O4 Z-scheme heterojunction systems towards tetracycline removal

Twinkle Garg, Movikiran, Nitansh, Simranjit Kaur, Bhupender Singh, Sonal Singhal

Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology· Volume 112· Issue 1
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