Facile synthesis of g-C3N4/BiVO4 heterojunctions with enhanced visible light photocatalytic performance

Ceramics International

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 301-307

  Cheng, Jiang ^a   Yan, Xuelian ^a,b   Mo, Qionghua ^a,c   Liu, Bitao ^a   Wang, Jun ^a   Yang, Xin ^a   Li, Lu ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; G C3N4 BiVO4; Photocatalysis; Visible light

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COMPLEXATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROSPINNING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COMPOSITE PHOTOCATALYSTS; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; G-C3N4/BIVO4; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS; VISIBLE LIGHT;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84996602352     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2016.09.156     Document Type: Article

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