A comparison of graphitic carbon nitrides synthesized from different precursors through pyrolysis

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Volumn 332, Issue , 2017, Pages 32-44

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

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

g C3N4; Melamine; Photocatalysis; Pyrolysis; Rhodamine B; Urea

Indexed keywords

EID: 84982179515     PISSN: 10106030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2016.08.005     Document Type: Article

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