Anionic Dopants for Improved Optical Absorption and Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production in Graphitic Carbon Nitride

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 20, 2016, Pages 7250-7256

  Shevlin, Stephen A ^a   Guo, Zheng Xiao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NITRIDE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; FLUORINE; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NITRIDES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; QUANTUM THEORY; VALENCE BANDS;

CONDUCTION BAND EDGE; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; HYDROGEN REDUCTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; QUANTUM MECHANICAL SIMULATIONS; THERMODYNAMIC DRIVING FORCES; VALENCE BAND EDGES;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84992736408     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b02002     Document Type: Article

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