One-step in situ green template mediated porous graphitic carbon nitride for efficient visible light photocatalytic activity

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 3500-3507

  Iqbal, Waheed ^a   Wang, Lingzhi ^a   Tan, Xianjun ^a   Zhang, Jinlong ^a,b  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Suzhou Jukang New Materials Co Ltd of Science and Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Gaseous template; In situ; Photocatalytic activity; Porous g C3N4; Starch

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLAR ENERGY; STARCH;

GASEOUS TEMPLATE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL STABILITY; POROUS G-C3N4; SOLAR ENERGY APPLICATIONS; VISIBLE LIGHT DEGRADATION; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

LIGHT;

EID: 85023200909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22133437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2017.07.011     Document Type: Article

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