Dendritic Tip-on Polytriazine-Based Carbon Nitride Photocatalyst with High Hydrogen Evolution Activity

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 8237-8247

  Bhunia, Manas K ^a   Melissen, Sigismund ^b   Parida, Manas R ^a   Sarawade, Pradip ^a,c   Basset, Jean Marie ^a   Anjum, Dalaver H ^a   Mohammed, Omar F ^a   Sautet, Philippe ^b   Le Bahers, Tangui ^b   Takanabe, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BINDING ENERGY; CARBON NITRIDE; CHEMICAL BONDS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DISPERSIONS; ENERGY CONVERSION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYDROGEN BONDS; MONOMERS; NITRIDES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PLATINUM; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SILICA; SOLAR ENERGY; WATER ABSORPTION;

CARRIER RECOMBINATION; EXCITON-BINDING ENERGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE POLYCONDENSATION; PHOTOCATALYST MATERIALS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; SUPRAMOLECULAR AGGREGATES; TIME-RESOLVED TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

PHOTOCATALYSTS;

EID: 84952009064     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b02974     Document Type: Article

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