Growth of g-C3N4 layer on commercial TiO2 for enhanced visible light photocatalytic activity

Journal of Nanomaterials

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Fu, Min ^a   Liao, Jiazhen ^a   Dong, Fan ^a   Li, Hongmei ^a   Liu, Hongyan ^a  

^a CHONGQING TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; DIFFUSED REFLECTANCE; ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; PREPARATION PROCESS; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84899514352     PISSN: 16874110     EISSN: 16874129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/869094     Document Type: Article

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