Visible Light-Driven Photocatalytic Performance of N-Doped ZnO/g-C3N4 Nanocomposites

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 12, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Kong, Ji Zhou ^a,b   Zhai, Hai Fa ^c   Zhang, Wei ^a   Wang, Shan Shan ^a   Zhao, Xi Rui ^a   Li, Min ^a   Li, Hui ^a   Li, Ai Dong ^a   Wu, Di ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^c HENAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Composite; g C3N4; N doped ZnO; Photocatalytic degradation; Visible light irradiation

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BAND STRUCTURE; BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; ZINC OXIDE;

G-C3N4; N-DOPED ZNO; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT-DRIVEN;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

EID: 85029101975     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-017-2297-0     Document Type: Article

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