Titanium dioxide and cadmium sulfide co-sensitized graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets composite photocatalysts with superior performance in phenol degradation under visible-light irradiation

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 490, Issue , 2017, Pages 154-162

  Yao, Jinhua ^a   Chen, Huan ^a   Jiang, Fang ^a   Jiao, Zhongyi ^a   Jin, Mingchang ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Phenol degradation; TiO2 CdS gCNNSs heterojunction photocatalysts; Visible light photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CADMIUM SULFIDE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; PHENOLS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM NITRIDE;

COMPOSITE PHOTOCATALYSTS; ELECTROSTATIC ATTRACTIONS; EXCELLENT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; PHENOL DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CADMIUM SULFIDE; NANOSHEET; PHENOL; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 85000363023     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: 10957103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2016.11.051     Document Type: Article

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