Photocatalytic degradation of phenylephrine hydrochloride in aqueous solutions by synthesized SnO2-doped ZnO nanophotocatalyst

Subject Areas : Iranian Journal of Catalysis

Masoud Giahi ¹ (Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Lahijan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan, Iran.)
Akram Hoseinpour Dargahi ² (Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Lahijan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan, Iran.)

Received: 2015-10-07 Accepted : 2016-04-10 Published : 2016-09-01

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