Integrated oxygen-doping and dye sensitization of graphitic carbon nitride for enhanced visible light photodegradation

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 476, Issue , 2016, Pages 193-199

  Liu, Shizhen ^a   Sun, Hongqi ^a,b   Ang, H M ^a   Tade, Moses O ^a   Wang, Shaobin ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dye photosensitizing; Graphitic carbon nitride; Metal free catalyst; Oxygen modification; Photodegradation

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIODEGRADATION; LIGHT; LIGHT SOURCES; NITRIDES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; OXYGEN; PHENOLS; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLLUTION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; METAL-FREE CATALYSTS; OXYGEN MODIFICATIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCURRENT ANALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTRA;

CARBON NITRIDE;

CARBON; COUMARIN; DYE; GRAPHITE; METHYLENE BLUE; NITRIC ACID; OXYGEN; PERYLENE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; LIGHT; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER POLLUTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84969248533     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: 10957103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2016.05.026     Document Type: Article

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