Semiconductor Optoelectronics, Volume. 43, Issue 3, 529(2022)

Research Progresses of Ultraviolet LightEmitting Diodes (UV LEDs) Disinfection Technology in Water Microbial Inactivation

YANG Chengshuang1...2, WANG Xinchang1,2, SUN Guanlang1,2, FAN Bingfeng1,2, and XIE Jianing12,* |Show fewer author(s)
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    YANG Chengshuang, WANG Xinchang, SUN Guanlang, FAN Bingfeng, XIE Jianing. Research Progresses of Ultraviolet LightEmitting Diodes (UV LEDs) Disinfection Technology in Water Microbial Inactivation[J]. Semiconductor Optoelectronics, 2022, 43(3): 529

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    Received: Jun. 4, 2022

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    Published Online: Aug. 1, 2022

    The Author Email: Jianing XIE (xiejianingfs@126.com)

    DOI:10.16818/j.issn1001-5868.2022060401

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