A visible-light-driven heterojunction for enhanced photocatalytic water splitting over Ta2O5 modified g-C3N4 photocatalyst

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 6738-6745

  Hong, Yuanzhi ^a   Fang, Zhenyuan ^a   Yin, Bingxin ^a   Luo, Bifu ^a   Zhao, Yong ^a   Shi, Weidong ^a   Li, Changsheng ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

g C3N4; Heterojunction; Hydrogen evolution; Photocatalytic activity; Ta2O5; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SOLAR ENERGY; TANTALUM OXIDES;

G-C3N4; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; WATER SPLITTING;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 85009247797     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.12.055     Document Type: Article

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