Metal-free melem/g-C3N4 hybrid photocatalysts for water treatment

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 464, Issue , 2016, Pages 10-17

  Liu, Shizhen ^a   Sun, Hongqi ^a   O'Donnell, Kane ^a   Ang, H M ^a   Tade, Moses O ^a   Wang, Shaobin ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Graphitic carbon nitride; Hybrid; Melem; Metal free; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CARBON NITRIDE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NITRIDES; WATER TREATMENT;

GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; HYBRID; HYDROTHERMAL TECHNIQUES; MELEM; METAL FREE; METHYLENE BLUE SOLUTION; PHOTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

CARBON; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDE; METAL; METHYLENE BLUE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYANOGEN; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; MELEM; NITRILE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE; WATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ELECTRON; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUNLIGHT; SURFACE AREA; WATER TREATMENT; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CATALYSIS; ELECTRONS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS, 3-RING; METHYLENE BLUE; NITRILES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRIAZINES; WATER;

EID: 84947597968     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: 10957103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2015.11.003     Document Type: Article

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