Phosphorus- and Sulfur-Codoped g-C3N4: Facile Preparation, Mechanism Insight, and Application as Efficient Photocatalyst for Tetracycline and Methyl Orange Degradation under Visible Light Irradiation

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 5831-5841

  Jiang, Longbo ^a   Yuan, Xingzhong ^a   Zeng, Guangming ^a   Chen, Xiaohong ^b   Wu, Zhibin ^a   Liang, Jie ^a   Zhang, Jin ^a   Wang, Hui ^a   Wang, Hou ^c  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF COMMERCE   (China)

^c Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Codoping; g C3N4; Methyl orange; Tetracycline; Visible light photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; CARBON; CITRUS FRUITS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; LIGHT; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SULFUR; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CO-DOPING; G-C3N4; METHYL ORANGE; TETRACYCLINE; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS;

PHOTODEGRADATION;

EID: 85022006775     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b00559     Document Type: Article

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