Non-metal photocatalyst nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes modified mpg-C3N4: facile synthesis and the enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 494, Issue , 2017, Pages 38-46

  Liu, Jinyuan ^a   Song, Yanhua ^b   Xu, Hui ^a   Zhu, Xingwang ^a   Lian, Jiabiao ^a   Xu, Yuanguo ^a   Zhao, Yan ^a   Huang, Liying ^a   Ji, Haiyan ^a   Li, Huaming ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGSU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Mesoporous carbon nitride; N CNT; Photocatalytic activity

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; CARBON NITRIDE; DOPING (ADDITIVES); DYES; ELECTRONS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; NITRIDES; NITROGEN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; REACTION KINETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; YARN;

MESOPOROUS CARBON NITRIDES; MORPHOLOGY AND STRUCTURES; NITROGEN DOPED CARBON NANOTUBES; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; TETRACYCLINE HYDROCHLORIDE; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; CYANAMIDE; METHYL ORANGE; NITROGEN; NONMETAL; RHODAMINE B; SUPEROXIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOLYSIS; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 85010311170     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: 10957103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.01.010     Document Type: Article

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