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Nanoarchitectonics of MoS₂-modified g-C3N4 synthesized by sonication-assisted assembly for efficient methylene blue degradation and hydrogen production

P. Rajkumar, B. Felcia Merlin, K. Margandan, R. Jothilakshmi, A. Raja, Vijayakumar Paranthaman, Amanullah Fatehmulla, S. Sridhar

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