Z-scheme mechanism of photogenerated carriers for hybrid photocatalyst Ag3PO4/g-C3N4 in degradation of sulfamethoxazole

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 487, Issue , 2017, Pages 410-417

  Zhou, Li ^a,b   Zhang, Wei ^b   Chen, Ling ^b   Deng, Huiping ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Ag; g C3N4; Photocatalytic mechanism; Silver phosphate; Stability

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SILVER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTRA; G-C3N4; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; SILVER PHOSPHATE; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

SILVER COMPOUNDS;

ADSORBENT; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SILVER PHOSPHATE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84994029434     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: 10957103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2016.10.068     Document Type: Article

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