Hydrogenated Defects in Graphitic Carbon Nitride Nanosheets for Improved Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 27, 2015, Pages 14938-14946

  Li, Xiaobo ^a   Hartley, Gareth ^a   Ward, Antony J ^a   Young, Pamela A ^b   Masters, Anthony F ^a   Maschmeyer, Thomas ^a  

^a UNSW Australia   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DEFECTS; ENERGY GAP; NANOSHEETS; NITRIDES;

GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE LIFETIME; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT;

CARBON NITRIDE;

EID: 84936859108     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b03538     Document Type: Article

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