Facile synthesis of g-C3N4 nanosheets/ZnO nanocomposites with enhanced photocatalytic activity in reduction of aqueous chromium(VI) under visible light

Nanomaterials

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Yuan, Xiaoya ^a   Zhou, Chao ^a   Jing, Qiuye ^a   Tang, Qi ^a   Mu, Yuanhua ^a   Du, An Ke ^b  

^a CHONGQING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aqueous chromium(VI); Graphitic C3N4 nanosheets; Photoreduction; Visible light; ZnO

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987811128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20794991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nano6090173     Document Type: Article

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