Making co-condensed amorphous carbon/g-C3N4 composites with improved visible-light photocatalytic H2-production performance using Pt as cocatalyst

Carbon

Volumn 118, Issue , 2017, Pages 241-249

  Xu, Quanlong ^a   Cheng, Bei ^a   Yu, Jiaguo ^a,b   Liu, Gang ^c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Amorphous carbon; g C3N4; H2 evolution; Photocatalysis; Visible light

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARRIER LIFETIME; CHARGE TRANSFER; COMPLEXATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; UREA;

CHARGE TRANSFER KINETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; G-C3N4; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; H2 EVOLUTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; VISIBLE LIGHT;

AMORPHOUS CARBON;

EID: 85015653126     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2017.03.052     Document Type: Article

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