Beta-FeOOH-supported graphitic carbon nitride as an efficient visible light photocatalyst

Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical

Volumn 423, Issue , 2016, Pages 463-471

  Zheng, Yu ^a,b   Zhang, Zisheng ^a   Li, Chunhu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

g C3N4; Heterojunction; Hybrid; Photocatalysis; FeOOH

Indexed keywords

CARBON NITRIDE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NITRIDES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION;

ENHANCED LIGHT ABSORPTIONS; G-C3N4; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; HYBRID; OXYGEN-CONTAINING FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSTS;

LIGHT;

EID: 84979887688     PISSN: 13811169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcata.2016.07.032     Document Type: Article

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