Metal-Free Photocatalyst with Visible-Light-Driven Post-Illumination Catalytic Memory

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 9, Issue 26, 2017, Pages 21738-21746

  Zhang, Qi ^a   Wang, Hua ^a,b,c   Li, Zhangliang ^b   Geng, Cong ^a   Leng, Jinhui ^a  

^a DALIAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^c AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

catalytic memory; environmental applications; metal free; photocatalyst; visible light

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; LIGHT; PHOTOCATALYSTS; YARN;

ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; METAL FREE; PHOTOACTIVITY; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT-DRIVEN;

METALS;

EID: 85021894341     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b02473     Document Type: Article

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