Enhanced visible light photocatalytic H 2 -production of g-C 3 N 4 /WS 2 composite heterostructures

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 358, Issue , 2015, Pages 196-203

  Akple, Maxwell Selase ^a,c   Low, Jingxiang ^a   Wageh, S ^b   Al Ghamdi, Ahmed A ^b   Yu, Jiaguo ^a,b   Zhang, Jun ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c HO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

g C 3 N 4; H 2 production; Visible light; WS 2

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

G-C3N4; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; H2 PRODUCTION; HIGH PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE CARRIERS; VISIBLE LIGHT;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84940989826     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.08.250     Document Type: Conference Paper

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