Twin defects engineered Pd cocatalyst on C3N4 nanosheets for enhanced photocatalytic performance in CO2 reduction reaction

Nanotechnology

Volumn 28, Issue 48, 2017, Pages

  Lang, Qingqing ^a   Hu, Wenli ^a   Zhou, Penghui ^a   Huang, Tianlong ^a   Zhong, Shuxian ^a   Yang, Lining ^a   Chen, Jianrong ^a   Bai, Song ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CO2 reduction; Cocatalyst; Photocatalysis; Twin defects

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOSSIL FUELS; NANOSHEETS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; CATALYTIC ACTIVE SITES; CO2 REDUCTION; COCATALYST; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC APPLICATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTOCATALYST;

SURFACE DEFECTS;

EID: 85033723174     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aa9137     Document Type: Article

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