Fabrication of high-activity hybrid NiTiO3/g-C3N4 heterostructured photocatalysts for water splitting to enhanced hydrogen production

Ceramics International

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 12297-12305

  Zeng, Yaping ^a   Wang, Yu ^a   Chen, Jinwei ^a   Jiang, Yiwu ^a   Kiani, Maryam ^a   Li, Boqiao ^a   Wang, Ruilin ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

g C3N4; Heterostructure composites; Hydrogen evolution rate; NiTiO3

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FABRICATION; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLUTIONS; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

DIFFUSE REFLECTION SPECTROSCOPY; ENHANCED HYDROGEN PRODUCTIONS; G-C3N4; HETEROSTRUCTURED PHOTOCATALYST; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION RATE; NITIO3; PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTRA;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84992311161     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2016.04.177     Document Type: Article

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