journal article·2026-03

Construction of a flower-shaped ZnIn2S4/g-C3N4 composite with dual function for highly efficient photocatalytic antibiotic decomposition and bacterial inhibition under visible light irradiation

Muhammad Sajid, Yingchun Yu, Kamran Tahir, Jianjun Liu, Afaq Ullah Khan, Abdul Waris Haqmal, Jawad Ali, Nida Rehman

Ceramics International· Volume 52· Issue 6
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