Doping of graphitic carbon nitride for photocatalysis: A reveiw

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Volumn 217, Issue , 2017, Pages 388-406

  Jiang, Longbo ^a   Yuan, Xingzhong ^a   Pan, Yang ^a   Liang, Jie ^a   Zeng, Guangming ^a   Wu, Zhibin ^a   Wang, Hou ^a,b  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Band gap engineering; Element doping; g C3N4; Heterojunction; Visible light photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON NITRIDE; CARRIER LIFETIME; CATALYSIS; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NITRIDES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

BAND GAP ENGINEERING; G-C3N4; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; VISIBLE LIGHT DRIVEN PHOTOCATALYSTS; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS; VISIBLE-LIGHT RESPONSIVE PHOTOCATALYSTS;

LIGHT;

EID: 85020453660     PISSN: 09263373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.06.003     Document Type: Review

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