G-C3N4/TiO2 Mesocrystals Composite for H2 Evolution under Visible-Light Irradiation and Its Charge Carrier Dynamics

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 9, Issue 40, 2017, Pages 34844-34854

  Elbanna, Ossama ^a   Fujitsuka, Mamoru ^a   Majima, Tetsuro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

charge carriers dynamics; femtosecond time resolved diffuse reflectance; graphitic carbon nitride; hydrogen evolution; TiO2 mesocystals; visible light photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

CARBON NITRIDE; CHARGE CARRIERS; EFFICIENCY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; NITRIDES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PRECIOUS METALS; REFLECTION;

DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; TIO2 MESOCYSTALS; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS;

COMPLEXATION;

EID: 85031278265     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b08548     Document Type: Article

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