Hydrothermally synthesized nanocrystalline Nb2O5 and its visible-light photocatalytic activity for the degradation of congo red and methylene blue

Subject Areas : Iranian Journal of Catalysis

Subhash Dharmraj Khairnar ¹ , Manohar Rajendra Patil ² , Vinod Shankar Shrivastava ³

1 - Nano-Chemistry Research Laboratory, G. T. Patil College, Nandurbar-425412 (M.S), India.
2 - Nano-Chemistry Research Laboratory, G. T. Patil College, Nandurbar-425412 (M.S), India.
3 - Nano-Chemistry Research Laboratory, G. T. Patil College, Nandurbar-425412 (M.S), India.

Received: 2017-12-01 Accepted : 2018-04-30 Published : 2018-06-01

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