Synthesis and luminescence mechanism of multicolor-emitting g-C3N4 nanopowders by low temperature thermal condensation of melamine

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Yuanhao ^a   Pan, Qiwen ^a   Chai, Guanqi ^a   Liang, Minru ^a   Dong, Guoping ^a   Zhang, Qinyuan ^a   Qiu, Jianrong ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOGEN; GRAPHITE; MELAMINE; NANOMATERIAL; NITRILE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POWDER; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GRAPHITE; LUMINESCENCE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NITRILES; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; POWDERS; TEMPERATURE; TRIAZINES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84886031016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01943     Document Type: Article

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