Construction of ternary hybrid layered reduced graphene oxide supported g-C3N4-TiO2 nanocomposite and its photocatalytic hydrogen production activity

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 3892-3904

  Hafeez, Hafeez Yusuf ^a   Lakhera, Sandeep Kumar ^a   Bellamkonda, Sankeerthana ^b   Rao, G Ranga ^b   Shankar, M V ^c   Bahnemann, D W ^d   Neppolian, Bernaurdshaw ^a  

^a SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^c YOGI VEMANA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Graphitic carbon nitride; Hydrogen evolution; Photocatalyst; Reduced graphene oxide; Ternary nanocomposite; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ENERGY GAP; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYSTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM NITRIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES;

GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE CARRIERS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE INTENSITIES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; TERNARY NANOCOMPOSITES;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 85030639974     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.09.048     Document Type: Article

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