Constructing a visible-light-driven photocatalytic membrane by g-C3N4 quantum dots and TiO2 nanotube array for enhanced water treatment

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Zhang, Qi ^a,b   Quan, Xie ^b   Wang, Hua ^a,c   Chen, Shuo ^b   Su, Yan ^b   Li, Zhangliang ^c  

^a DALIAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecology Toxicological Effects and Control for Emerging Contaminants   (China)

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EID: 85020660474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-03347-y     Document Type: Article

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