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Carnegie Mellon University
CARNEGIE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE DEGREE OF Doctor of Philosophy
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Visible-light Photocatalytic Activity
of TiO2/BiFeO3 Heterostructures
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for
the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
in
Materials Science and Engineering
Yiling Zhang
B.S., Engineering Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
February, 2013
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