New application of Z-scheme Ag3PO4/g-C3N4 composite in converting CO2 to fuel

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 649-656

  He, Yiming ^a,b   Zhang, Lihong ^b   Teng, Botao ^a,b   Fan, Maohong ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION PERFORMANCE; BRUNAUER-EMMETT-TELLER METHOD; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; HETEROJUNCTION STRUCTURES; UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

SILVER COMPOUNDS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FUEL; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDE; PHOSPHATE; SILVER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYANOGEN; GRAPHITE; NITRILE; SILVER DERIVATIVE; SILVER PHOSPHATE;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYSIS; COMPOSITE; LIGHT EFFECT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REDOX CONDITIONS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BRUNAUER EMMETT TELLER METHOD; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYSIS; DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHITE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NITRILES; PHOSPHATES; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SUNLIGHT; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84924955306     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es5046309     Document Type: Article

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