Efficient and sustainable metal-free GR/C3N4/CDots ternary heterostructrues for versatile visible-light-driven photoredox applications: Toward synergistic interaction of carbon materials

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 307, Issue , 2017, Pages 593-603

  Zhang, Fuwei ^a   Wen, Qingjuan ^a   Hong, Mingzhu ^a   Zhuang, Zanyong ^a   Yu, Yan ^a  

^a FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

C3N4; Graphene; Metal free; Photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; DISPERSIONS; GRAPHENE; HEAVY METALS; METALS; NANOSHEETS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POLLUTION; SHEET METAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; METAL FREE; OXIDATION OF ORGANICS; PHOTOREDOX REACTIONS; SYNERGISTIC INTERACTION; VISIBLE LIGHT DRIVEN PHOTOCATALYSTS; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS; VISIBLE-LIGHT-DRIVEN;

LIGHT;

EID: 84985916897     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2016.08.120     Document Type: Article

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