Upconversion-agent induced improvement of g-C3N4 photocatalyst under visible light

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 16481-16486

  Xu, Jingsan ^a   Brenner, Thomas J K ^b   Chen, Zupeng ^a   Neher, Dieter ^b   Antonietti, Markus ^a   Shalom, Menny ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

carbon nitride; metal free photocatalysis; RhB photodegradation; upconversion

Indexed keywords

CARBON NITRIDE; CHARGE TRANSFER; LIGHT; NITRIDES; PHOTODEGRADATION;

CHARGE TRANSFER PROCESS; EMISSION INTENSITY; GRAPHITE CARBON; METAL FREE; NON-RADIATIVE DEACTIVATION; RHB PHOTODEGRADATION; THERMAL CONDENSATION; UP-CONVERSION;

ERBIUM;

EID: 84907892723     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5051263     Document Type: Article

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