Efficient and durable visible light photocatalytic performance of porous carbon nitride nanosheets for air purification

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2318-2330

  Dong, Fan ^a   Ou, Meiya ^a   Jiang, Yanke ^a   Guo, Sen ^b   Wu, Zhongbiao ^b  

^a CHONGQING TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84894116939     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie4038104     Document Type: Article

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