Switching oxygen reduction pathway by exfoliating graphitic carbon nitride for enhanced photocatalytic phenol degradation

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 958-963

  Zhang, Hui ^a   Guo, Liang Hong ^a   Zhao, Lixia ^a   Wan, Bin ^a   Yang, Yu ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

graphitic carbon nitride nanosheet; oxygen reduction; phenol degradation; photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; DEGRADATION; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; EXFOLIATION (MATERIALS SCIENCE); GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDE; NANOSHEETS; PHENOLS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

ONE-ELECTRON TRANSFER; OXYGEN ACTIVATIONS; OXYGEN REDUCTION; PHENOL DEGRADATION; PHENOL PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY MEASUREMENTS; TWO-ELECTRON-TRANSFER PROCESS;

MOLECULAR OXYGEN;

EID: 84925248287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00149     Document Type: Article

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