Oxygen functional groups in graphitic carbon nitride for enhanced photocatalysis

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 468, Issue , 2016, Pages 176-182

  Liu, Shizhen ^a   Li, Degang ^a,b   Sun, Hongqi ^a   Ang, Ha Ming ^a   Tadé, Moses O ^a   Wang, Shaobin ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Graphitic carbon nitride; Metal free catalyst; Oxygen modification; Photodegradation; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXYGEN; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTIVITIES; ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCES (EPR); HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENTS; METAL-FREE CATALYSTS; OXYGEN FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; OXYGEN MODIFICATIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS; POLLUTANT DEGRADATION;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

CARBON; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS CONTAINING OXYGEN; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METHYLENE BLUE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DESORPTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE AREA; SYNTHESIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84956616372     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: 10957103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2016.01.051     Document Type: Article

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