Photocatalytic properties of g-C3N4-TiO2 heterojunctions under UV and visible light conditions

Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Fagan, Rachel ^a   McCormack, Declan E ^a   Hinder, Steven J ^b   Pillai, Suresh C ^c  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c Atlantic Technological University   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Graphitic carbon nitride; Photocatalytic activity; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

CARBON NITRIDE; ENERGY GAP; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; NITRIDES; NITROGEN; OXIDES; OXYGEN VACANCIES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; REACTION RATES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM NITRIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84965082363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma9040286     Document Type: Article

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