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Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Volume 2015, Article ID 803492, 8 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/803492
Research Article

Photocatalytic Performance of Carbon Monolith/TiO2 Composite

Marina Maletić,1 Marija Vukčević,2 Ana Kalijadis,3 Zoran Laušević,3 and Mila Laušević2

1Innovation Center Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Karnegijeva 4, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
2Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, P.O. Box 494, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia
3Laboratory of Physics, Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, P.O. Box 522, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia

Received 24 February 2015; Accepted 8 June 2015

Academic Editor: Antonio Riveiro

Copyright © 2015 Marina Maletić 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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