Synthesis of porous carbon-doped g-C 3 N 4 nanosheets with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 403, Issue , 2017, Pages 682-690

  Bao, Nan ^a   Hu, Xinde ^a   Zhang, Qingzhe ^b   Miao, Xinhan ^a   Jie, Xiuyan ^a   Zhou, Shuai ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INRS EMT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anionic polyacrylamide; Carbon doped g C 3 N 4; Porous nanosheets; Visible light photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBON; DEGRADATION; ENERGY GAP; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAS ADSORPTION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT; NANOSHEETS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; POROUS MATERIALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIONIC POLYACRYLAMIDE; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; NITROGEN ADSORPTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 85012248440     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.01.256     Document Type: Article

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