Novel spindle-shaped nanoporous TiO2 coupled graphitic g-C3N4 nanosheets with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity

Ceramics International

Volumn 42, Issue 16, 2016, Pages 18443-18452

  Tang, Hua ^a   Chang, Shufang ^a   Jiang, Luyao ^a   Tang, Guogang ^a,b   Liang, Wei ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Zhenjiang College   (China)

Author keywords

G C3N4; G C3N4 TiO2; Heterostructure; Nanoporous TiO2; Photocatalysis; Visible light driven

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; DYES; ELECTRONS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; EXCITONS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYBRID MATERIALS; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NANOSHEETS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPIES (EDS); FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; G-C3N4; G-C3N4/TIO2; NANOPOROUS TIO2; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; VISIBLE-LIGHT-DRIVEN;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84994804630     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2016.08.179     Document Type: Article

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