Upconversion carbon quantum dots as visible light responsive component for efficient enhancement of photocatalytic performance

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 496, Issue , 2017, Pages 425-433

  Ke, Jun ^a,b,c   Li, Xinyong ^a,c   Zhao, Qidong ^a   Liu, Baojun ^a   Liu, Shaomin ^c   Wang, Shaobin ^c  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WUHAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon materials; Photocatalysis; Quantum dots; Upconversion

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CARBON; DEGRADATION; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CARBON MATERIAL; COMPOSITE PHOTOCATALYSTS; DEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; UP-CONVERSION; UPCONVERSION PROPERTIES; VISIBLE LIGHT RESPONSIVE; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

LIGHT;

CARBON NANOPARTICLE; METHYLENE BLUE; NITROGEN; QUANTUM DOT; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UPCONVERSION NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; ENERGY; GEL; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 85013770938     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: 10957103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.01.121     Document Type: Article

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