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Journal of Nanomaterials
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 753429, 9 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/753429
Efficient Visible Light Photocatalytic Oxidation of NO on F- and N-Codoped Spherical Synthesized via Ultrasonic Spray Pyrolysis
1Environmental and Life Sciences Department, Putian University, Putian 351100, China
2Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
3Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Research Center for Environmental Technology and Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
4Department of Science and Environmental Studies, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong
Received 8 June 2012; Accepted 3 October 2012
Academic Editor: Gong Ru Lin
Copyright © 2012 Jianhui Huang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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