Enhanced performance of g-C3N4/TiO2 photocatalysts for degradation of organic pollutants under visible light

Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1326-1334

  Song, Gaixue ^a   Chu, Zhenyu ^a   Jin, Wanqin ^a   Sun, Hongqi ^b  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon nitride; Composite; Photodegradation; Sonication; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CARBON NITRIDE; CHARGE TRANSFER; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; REMEDIATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SONICATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM NITRIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; INTERFACIAL CHARGE TRANSFER; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84942193981     PISSN: 10049541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2015.05.003     Document Type: Article

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