Poly tri-s-triazines as visible light sensitizers in titania-based composite photocatalysts: Promotion of melon development from urea over acid titanates

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 149-157

  Gong, Dangguo ^a,b   Highfield, James George ^b   Ng, See Zhong Edison ^a   Tang, Yuxin ^a   Ho, Weng Chye Jeffrey ^a   Tay, Qiuling ^a   Chen, Zhong ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Graphitic carbon nitride; Hydrogen titanates; Melon; Photocatalysis; Visible light sensitization

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; ENERGY GAP; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; UREA; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS;

DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN TITANATE; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; MELON; SEMICONDUCTOR OXIDES; SOLID-STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TITANIA-BASED COMPOSITES; VISIBLE LIGHT SENSITIZATION;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84893248828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc400162p     Document Type: Article

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