Synthesis of magnetic CoFe2O4/g-C3N4 composite and its enhancement of photocatalytic ability under visible-light

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 478, Issue , 2015, Pages 71-80

  Huang, Shuquan ^a   Xu, Yuanguo ^a   Xie, Meng ^a   Xu, Hui ^a   He, Minqiang ^a   Xia, Jiexiang ^a   Huang, Liying ^a   Li, Huaming ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CoFe2O4; G C3N4; Magnetic; Photocatalyst; Visible light

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; MAGNETISM; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DIFFUSE REFLECTION SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNETIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; VIBRATING SAMPLE MAGNETOMETER; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

COBALT; FERRITE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METHYLENE BLUE; NANOCOMPOSITE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; DESORPTION; DISPERSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYSTERESIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOMETER; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEMICONDUCTOR; SYNTHESIS; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84928164636     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2015.03.035     Document Type: Article

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