Graphitic carbon nitride decorated with S,N co-doped graphene quantum dots for enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalysis

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 692, Issue , 2017, Pages 183-189

  Cai, Aijun ^a   Wang, Qian ^b   Chang, Yongfang ^c   Wang, Xiuping ^a  

^a HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b LANGFANG TEACHERS UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHIJIAZHUANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

g C3N4 S,N:GQD composites; Mechanism; Visible light photodegradation

Indexed keywords

CARBON NITRIDE; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; LIGHT; MECHANISMS; NANOCRYSTALS; NITRIDES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CHARGE SEPARATION MECHANISM; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTODEGRADATION ACTIVITY; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84987956486     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.09.030     Document Type: Article

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