Deposition of ZnO flowers on the surface of g-C3N4 sheets via hydrothermal process

Ceramics International

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 12923-12929

  Prasad Adhikari, Surya ^a,b   Raj Pant, Hem ^b,c   Joo Kim, Han ^a   Hee Park, Chan ^a   Sang Kim, Cheol ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c Research Institute for Next Generation   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Composite; g C3N4; Hydrothermal; Photocatalyst; ZnO

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CARBON; COMPLEXATION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENAMELS; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COMPOSITE PHOTOCATALYSTS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; HYDROTHERMAL; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; ZNO;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84952041369     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2015.06.134     Document Type: Article

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