Enhanced Photocatalytic Degradation of 17α-Ethinylestradiol Exhibited by Multifunctional ZnFe2O4-Ag/rGO Nanocomposite under Visible Light

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 238-246

  Khadgi, Nirina ^a   Li, Yi ^a   Upreti, Akhanda Raj ^a   Zhang, Chi ^a   Zhang, Wenlong ^a   Wang, Yuming ^a   Wang, Dawei ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84959254645     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/php.12565     Document Type: Article

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