Fabrication of compressible and recyclable macroscopic g-C3N4/GO aerogel hybrids for visible-light harvesting: A promising strategy for water remediation

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Volumn 219, Issue , 2017, Pages 241-248

  Tang, Liang ^a   Jia, Cheng tao ^a   Xue, Yuan cheng ^a   Li, Lin ^a   Wang, An qi ^a   Xu, Gang ^a   Liu, Ning ^b   Wu, Ming hong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Graphitic carbon nitride (g C3N4); Photoreduction; Superoxide radical anion; Three dimensional graphene oxide aerogel (3D GOA); Stacking interaction

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GRAPHENE; NEGATIVE IONS; OXYGEN; PHOTOCATALYSTS;

GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; PHOTO-REDUCTION; STACKING INTERACTION; SUPEROXIDE RADICAL ANIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHENE;

AEROGELS;

EID: 85026231664     PISSN: 09263373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.07.053     Document Type: Article

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