Fabrication of Heterostructured g-C 3 N 4 /Ag-TiO 2 Hybrid Photocatalyst with Enhanced Performance in Photocatalytic Conversion of CO 2 Under Simulated Sunlight Irradiation

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 402, Issue , 2017, Pages 198-207

  Li, Hailong ^a,c   Gao, Yan ^a   Wu, Xianying ^a   Lee, Po Heng ^b   Shih, Kaimin ^c  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Graphitic carbon nitride; Photoreduction; Silver; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON NITRIDE; CATALYSTS; ELECTRONS; FABRICATION; IRRADIATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SILVER; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM NITRIDE; WATER VAPOR;

ELECTRON ACCUMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; HYBRID PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTO-REDUCTION; PHOTOINDUCED ELECTRONS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES (AGNPS); SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE EFFECTS;

SILVER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85009476787     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.01.041     Document Type: Article

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