Photodegradation of phenanthrene catalyzed by rGO sheets and disk like structures synthesized using sugar cane juice

Arvind Singh1, Bilal Ahmed1, Ajeet Singh1

  • 1Department of Physics, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, 211004, India.

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