Nanostructured AgBr loaded TiO 2: An efficient sunlight active photocatalyst for degradation of Reactive Red 120

Chemistry Central Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Velmurugan, Rengasamy ^a   Sreedhar, Bojja ^b   Swaminathan, Meenakshisundaram ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

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EID: 84860392718     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1752153X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-153X-5-46     Document Type: Article

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