Bifunctional Modification of Graphitic Carbon Nitride with MgFe2O4 for Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 33, 2015, Pages 18843-18848

  Chen, Jie ^a   Zhao, Daming ^a   Diao, Zhidan ^a   Wang, Miao ^a   Guo, Liejin ^a   Shen, Shaohua ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

bifunctional modification; ferrites; graphitic carbon nitride; heterojunction; solar hydrogen conversion

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; CARBON NITRIDE; ELECTROCATALYSIS; FERRITE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; IRON COMPOUNDS; NITRIDES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; PLATINUM; REACTION KINETICS; SEPARATION; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SURFACE REACTIONS;

BI-FUNCTIONAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; HIGH PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PHOTOINDUCED ELECTRONS; SOLAR HYDROGEN CONVERSIONS;

MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84940387368     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b05714     Document Type: Article

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