A new metal-free carbon hybrid for enhanced photocatalysis

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 16745-16754

  Sun, Hongqi ^a   Zhou, Guanliang ^a   Wang, Yuxian ^a   Suvorova, Alexandra ^b   Wang, Shaobin ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

carbon photocatalyst; metal free catalysis; phenolics; photodegradation; solar light

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIZATION; CATALYSIS; CHARACTERIZATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; LIGHT; METALS; NANOSPHERES; NITRIDES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOOXIDATION; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION; HYDROTHERMAL CARBONIZATION; METAL-FREE CATALYSIS; PHENOLICS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOLAR LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT RESPONSE PHOTOCATALYST;

CARBON NITRIDE;

EID: 84907906445     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am503820h     Document Type: Article

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