Graphitic carbon nitride-titanium dioxide nanocomposite for photocatalytic hydrogen production under visible light

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 851-858

  Gholipour, Mohammad Reza ^a   Béland, Francois ^b   Do, Trong On ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b SiliCycle Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

graphitic carbon nitride; hydrogen production; nanocomposite; photocatalyst; visible light

Indexed keywords

CARBON NITRIDE; FOSSIL FUELS; LIGHT; NANOCOMPOSITES; NITRIDES; PHOTOCATALYSTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM NITRIDE;

CONDUCTION BAND EDGE; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; NOVEL NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE LIGHT REGION;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84983468428     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15426580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ijcre-2015-0094     Document Type: Article

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