Constructing a novel carbon nitride/polyaniline/ZnO ternary heterostructure with enhanced photocatalytic performance using exfoliated carbon nitride nanosheets as supports

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 314, Issue , 2016, Pages 67-77

  Pandiselvi, Kannusamy ^a   Fang, Huaifang ^b   Huang, Xiubo ^a   Wang, Jingyu ^a   Xu, Xiaochan ^a   Li, Tao ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SOUTH CENTRAL UNIVERSITY FOR NATIONALITIES   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nitride; Photocatalysis; Ternary heterostructure; Ultrathin nanosheets; Visible light

Indexed keywords

CARBON NITRIDE; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; EFFICIENCY; LIGHT; NANOSHEETS; NITRIDES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; POLYANILINE; RATE CONSTANTS;

GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; IMPROVEMENT OF CHARGE SEPARATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; POLYANILINES (PANI); SUPPORTING MATERIAL; ULTRATHIN NANOSHEETS; VISIBLE LIGHT;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

CARBON; CARBON NITRIDE NANOSHEET; NANOSHEET; POLYANILINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLE;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; LIGHT EFFECT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLYMER; SEPARATION; SURFACE AREA;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYBRIDIZATION; HYDROGEN BOND; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OXIDATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POLYMERIZATION; RATE CONSTANT; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE AREA;

EID: 84963959090     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.04.035     Document Type: Article

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