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The Scientific World Journal
Volume 2014, Article ID 503895, 7 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/503895
Research Article

Fabrication of ZnS-Bi-TiO2 Composites and Investigation of Their Sunlight Photocatalytic Performance

Xuewei Dong,1 Fan Zhang,2 Chuan Rong,2 and Hongchao Ma2

1School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Dalian Jiaotong University, Dalian 116028, China
2School of Light Industry and Chemical Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian 116034, China

Received 10 December 2013; Accepted 6 January 2014; Published 11 February 2014

Academic Editors: F. Ito, L. Jing, and P. Samartzis

Copyright © 2014 Xuewei Dong 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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