New understanding of photocatalytic properties of zigzag and armchair g-C 3 N 4 nanotubes from electronic structures and carrier effective mass

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 430, Issue , 2018, Pages 348-354

  Liu, Jianjun ^a,b   Cheng, Bei ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAIBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carrier effective mass; Electronic structures; G C 3 N 4 nanotube; Hybrid DFT

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NANOTUBES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; YARN;

CARRIER EFFECTIVE MASS; CARRIER MIGRATION; ELECTRONS AND HOLES; GEOMETRICAL AND ELECTRONIC STRUCTURES; GEOMETRICAL STRUCTURE; HYBRID DFT; LOW DIMENSIONAL; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY;

STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 85022204071     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.06.205     Document Type: Article

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