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Enhancing photocatalytic activity of the sol-gel derived TiO2 thin films by nitric acid treatment

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    Bei Cheng, Jia-Guo Yu, Xie-Qun Zhang & Xiu-Jian Zhao

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Cheng, B., Yu, JG., Zhang, XQ. et al. Enhancing photocatalytic activity of the sol-gel derived TiO2 thin films by nitric acid treatment. Journal of Materials Science Letters 22, 967–970 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024608829027

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