Template free fabrication of porous g-C3N4 graphene hybrid with enhanced photocatalytic capability under visible light

Materials Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 172-178

  Yu, Q ^a,b   Guo, S ^b   Li, X ^a   Zhang, M ^a  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Enhanced photocatalytic capability; Graphene; Porous g C3N4; Without template

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; POROUS G-C3N4; PSEUDO-FIRST ORDER KINETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGE; TEMPLATE-FREE FABRICATION; WITHOUT TEMPLATE;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84899490606     PISSN: 10667857     EISSN: 17535557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1753555714Y.0000000126     Document Type: Article

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