Sulfur-Doped g-C3N4/BiVO4 Composite Photocatalyst for Water Oxidation under Visible Light

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1318-1324

  Kong, Hyung Jun ^a   Won, Da Hye ^a   Kim, Jungmo ^a   Woo, Seong Ihl ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARRIER LIFETIME; DOPING (ADDITIVES); LIGHT; OXIDATION; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOLAR ENERGY; SOLUTIONS; SULFUR;

COMPOSITE PHOTOCATALYSTS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA REDS; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; OXYGEN EVOLUTION RATE; PHOTONIC EFFICIENCIES; PRECIPITATION METHODS; SUSTAINABLE UTILIZATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84960428221     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b04178     Document Type: Article

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