Facile synthesis of WO3 nanorods/g-C3N4 composites with enhanced photocatalytic activity

Ceramics International

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 5600-5606

  Zhao, Junling ^a   Ji, Zhenyuan ^a   Shen, Xiaoping ^a   Zhou, Hu ^a,b   Ma, Lianbo ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGSU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

B. Composites; G C3N4; Photocatalysis; Synthesis; WO3 nanorods

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXATION; DEGRADATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANORODS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; RHODAMINE B; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

COMPOSITE PHOTOCATALYSTS; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; G-C3N4; PHOTOGENERATED CARRIERS; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SIMULATED SUNLIGHT; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

RHODIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84922698033     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2014.12.140     Document Type: Article

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