A general nonaqueous sol-gel route to g-C3N4-coupling photocatalysts: The case of Z-scheme g-C3N4/TiO2 with enhanced photodegradation toward RhB under visible-light

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Liu, Xu ^a   Chen, Nan ^a   Li, Yuxiu ^a   Deng, Dongyang ^a   Xing, Xinxin ^a   Wang, Yude ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 85006967529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep39531     Document Type: Article

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