Self-standing carbon nitride-based hydrogels with high photocatalytic activity

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 2029-2034

  Sun, Jingwen ^a,b   Schmidt, Bernhard V K J ^b   Wang, Xin ^a   Shalom, Menny ^b,c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carbon nitride; Hydrogel; Hydrogen production; Photodegradation; Selective adsorption

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; HYDROGELS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NITRIDES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION;

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION PROPERTIES; CATALYST DESIGNS; FACILE SYNTHESIS; HIGH PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; LIGHT-HARVESTING; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SELECTIVE ADSORPTION;

CARBON NITRIDE;

EID: 85010911833     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b14879     Document Type: Article

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