Rational synthesis of ultrathin graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Carbon

Volumn 121, Issue , 2017, Pages 463-471

  Hong, Yuanzhi ^a   Li, Changsheng ^a   Fang, Zhenyuan ^a   Luo, Bifu ^a   Shi, Weidong ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NITRIDE; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY CONVERSION; NITRIDES;

ELECTRONIC BAND STRUCTURE; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; HYDROTHERMAL PRETREATMENT; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; STRUCTURAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES;

NANOSHEETS;

EID: 85020482043     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2017.06.020     Document Type: Article

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