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Grimes, C.A., Varghese, O.K., Ranjan, S. (2008). Oxide Semiconducting Materials as Photoanodes. In: Grimes, C.A., Varghese, O.K., Ranjan, S. (eds) Light, Water, Hydrogen. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68238-9_4

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