Microtetrahedronal Bi12TiO20/g-C3N4 composite with enhanced visible light photocatalytic activity toward gaseous formaldehyde degradation: Facet coupling effect and mechanism study

Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical

Volumn 424, Issue , 2016, Pages 311-322

  Sun, Hongli ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Zhang, Gaoke ^a,b   Li, Neng ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Wuhan University of Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Bi12TiO20 g C3N4 composite; DFT calculations; Facet coupling structure; Formaldehyde degradation; Visible light photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FORMALDEHYDE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BAND STRUCTURE CALCULATION; COUPLING STRUCTURES; DFT CALCULATION; FORMALDEHYDE DEGRADATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTRA;

COMPLEXATION;

EID: 84987597677     PISSN: 13811169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcata.2016.09.012     Document Type: Article

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