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spellingShingle Byzynski, Gabriela, Ribeiro, Caue, Longo, Elson, International Journal of Photoenergy, Blue to Yellow Photoluminescence Emission and Photocatalytic Activity of Nitrogen Doping in TiO2Powders, General Materials Science, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, General Chemistry
title Blue to Yellow Photoluminescence Emission and Photocatalytic Activity of Nitrogen Doping in TiO2Powders
title_full Blue to Yellow Photoluminescence Emission and Photocatalytic Activity of Nitrogen Doping in TiO2Powders
title_fullStr Blue to Yellow Photoluminescence Emission and Photocatalytic Activity of Nitrogen Doping in TiO2Powders
title_full_unstemmed Blue to Yellow Photoluminescence Emission and Photocatalytic Activity of Nitrogen Doping in TiO2Powders
title_short Blue to Yellow Photoluminescence Emission and Photocatalytic Activity of Nitrogen Doping in TiO2Powders
title_sort blue to yellow photoluminescence emission and photocatalytic activity of nitrogen doping in tio<sub><b>2</b></sub>powders
title_unstemmed Blue to Yellow Photoluminescence Emission and Photocatalytic Activity of Nitrogen Doping in TiO2Powders
topic General Materials Science, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, General Chemistry
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