Hydrothermal Synthesis g-C3N4/Nano-InVO4 Nanocomposites and Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity for Hydrogen Production under Visible Light Irradiation

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 33, 2015, Pages 18247-18256

  Hu, Bo ^a   Cai, Fanpeng ^b   Chen, Tianjun ^a   Fan, Mingshan ^a   Song, Chengjie ^c   Yan, Xu ^a   Shi, Weidong ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGSU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c CHANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

g C3N4; H2 production from water splitting; heterojunction; interface; InVO4; nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; EXCITONS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); IRRADIATION; LIGHT; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

G-C3N4; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; INTIMATE INTERFACE; INVO4; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; RECOMBINATION RATE; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; WATER SPLITTING;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84940373597     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b05715     Document Type: Article

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