Higher Yield Urea-Derived Polymeric Graphitic Carbon Nitride with Mesoporous Structure and Superior Visible-Light-Responsive Activity

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3412-3419

  Shi, Lei ^a   Liang, Lin ^a   Wang, Fangxiao ^a   Liu, Mengshuai ^a   Chen, Kunlong ^a   Sun, Kening ^a   Zhang, Naiqing ^a   Sun, Jianmin ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

High yield; Mesoporous g C3N4; TEOS; Urea; Visible light catalysis

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; CARBON NITRIDE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; NITRIDES; POLYCONDENSATION; POLYMERIZATION; TEMPERATURE; UREA;

GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; HIGH YIELD; MESOPOROUS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; TEOS; TETRAETHYL ORTHOSILICATES; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE LIGHT RESPONSIVE;

MESOPOROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 84949024394     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b01139     Document Type: Article

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