Rational design of carbon nitride photocatalysts by identification of cyanamide defects as catalytically relevant sites

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Lau, Vincent Wing Hei ^a,b   Moudrakovski, Igor ^a   Botari, Tiago ^c   Weinberger, Simon ^a,b   Mesch, Maria B ^d   Duppel, Viola ^a   Senker, Jürgen ^d   Blum, Volker ^c   Lotsch, Bettina V ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Duke University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CYANAMIDE; NITRIC ACID; PLATINUM; POLYMER;

CATALYST; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEPARATION; SHRUB;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIZATION; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUSKMELON; PHOTOCATALYSIS; STEREOSPECIFICITY; SURFACE CHARGE;

CUCUMIS;

EID: 84978138820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12165     Document Type: Article

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