Generation of Useful Hydrocarbons and Hydrogen during Photocatalytic Decomposition of Acetic Acid on CuO/Rutile Photocatalysts

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</svg>-anatase; <svg height="12.9375" id="M20" style="vertical-align:-1.98132pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 14.35 12.9375" width="14.35" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
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International Journal of Photoenergy

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Figure 1: Generation of Useful Hydrocarbons and Hydrogen during Photocatalytic Decomposition of Acetic Acid on CuO/Rutile Photocatalysts 