Advances in magnetically separable photocatalysts: Smart, Recyclable materials for water pollution mitigation

Catalysts

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Mamba, Gcina ^a   Mishra, Ajay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ferrites; Magnetically separable; Nanocomposites; Photocatalysis; Recyclable photocatalysts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975217478     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/catal6060079     Document Type: Review

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