Preparation of graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4)/WO3 composites and enhanced visible-light-driven photodegradation of acetaldehyde gas

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 260, Issue , 2013, Pages 475-482

  Katsumata, Ken ichi ^a   Motoyoshi, Ryosuke ^a   Matsushita, Nobuhiro ^a   Okada, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetaldehyde; Graphitic carbon nitride (g C3N4); Photocatalyst; Visible light; WO3

Indexed keywords

BRUNAUER-EMMETT-TELLER METHOD; DIFFUSE REFLECTION SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; PHOTODEGRADATION ACTIVITY; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT-DRIVEN PHOTOCATALYSTS; WO3;

ACETALDEHYDE; DEGRADATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAS ADSORPTION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT; NITRIDES; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

PHOTODEGRADATION;

ACETALDEHYDE; CARBON NITRIDE; GRAPHITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETALDEHYDE; BIODEGRADATION; CATALYSIS; COMPOST; LIGHT EFFECT; OPTICAL PROPERTY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHOTODEGRADATION; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT; PHOTODEGRADATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ACETALDEHYDE; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDE (G-C(3)N(4)); PHOTOCATALYST; VISIBLE LIGHT; WO(3);

ACETALDEHYDE; ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANTS; CATALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GASES; GRAPHITE; INDUSTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NITRILES; PHOTOLYSIS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84879520624     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.05.058     Document Type: Article

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