Phenol photodegradation on platinized-TiO2 photocatalysts related to charge-carrier dynamics

Carina A Emilio1, Marta I Litter, Marinus Kunst

  • 1Unidad de Actividad Química, Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Avenida General Paz 1499, 1650 San Martín, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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