Optical, Morphological and Microstructural Investigation of TiO2 nanoparticles for Photocatalytic application

Subject Areas : Iranian Journal of Catalysis

B. Manikandan ¹ , K. R. Murali ² , Rita John ³

1 - Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Madras, Chennai-600 025, India
2 - Electrochemical Material Science Division, CSIR- Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi, India
3 - Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Madras, Chennai-600 025, India

Received: 2020-06-29 Accepted : 2021-02-28 Published : 2021-03-01

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