Three-Dimensional Porous Aerogel Constructed by g-C3N4 and Graphene Oxide Nanosheets with Excellent Visible-Light Photocatalytic Performance

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 46, 2015, Pages 25693-25701

  Tong, Zhenwei ^a,b   Yang, Dong ^a   Shi, Jiafu ^a   Nan, Yanhu ^a,b   Sun, Yuanyuan ^a,b   Jiang, Zhongyi ^a,b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SynBio Research Platform   (China)

Author keywords

g C3N4; graphene oxide; photocatalyst; three dimensional aerogel; visible light

Indexed keywords

AEROGELS; AZO DYES; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENERGY CONVERSION; LIGHT; NANOSHEETS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SOLAR ENERGY;

ELECTRON TRANSFER RATES; G-C3N4; GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOSHEET; GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOSHEETS; GRAPHENE OXIDES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT RESPONSIVE PHOTOCATALYSTS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84948655355     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b09503     Document Type: Article

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