Facile preparation and enhanced photocatalytic H2-production activity of Cu(OH)2 nanospheres modified porous g-C3N 4

Materials Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1462-1468

  Zhou, Xiaosong ^a   Luo, Zhihui ^b   Tao, Pingfang ^b   Jin, Bei ^a   Wu, Zhijun ^a   Huang, Yingshang ^a  

^a LINGNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YULIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coatings; Nitrides; Polymers; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE SPECTRUM; COMPOSITE PHOTOCATALYSTS; ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING; PRODUCTION ACTIVITY; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

COATINGS; NITRIDES; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOELECTRONS; POLYMERS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

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EID: 84891631057     PISSN: 02540584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2013.11.066     Document Type: Article

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