Steering the interlayer energy barrier and charge flow via bioriented transportation channels in g-C3N4: Enhanced photocatalysis and reaction mechanism

Journal of Catalysis

Volumn 352, Issue , 2017, Pages 351-360

  Cui, Wen ^a   Li, Jieyuan ^b   Cen, Wanglai ^b   Sun, Yanjuan ^a   Lee, S C ^c   Dong, Fan ^a  

^a CHONGQING TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Charge separation and transportation; Co doped g C3N4; Electron transportation channels; Photocatalytic NO oxidation mechanism; Visible light photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; ENERGY BARRIERS; LIGHT; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POTASH; POTASSIUM NITRATE; REDOX REACTIONS;

CHARGE SEPARATIONS; CO-DOPED; ELECTRON TRANSPORTATION; NO OXIDATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 85021172992     PISSN: 00219517     EISSN: 10902694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2017.05.017     Document Type: Article

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