2D/2D g-C3N4/MnO2 Nanocomposite as a Direct Z-Scheme Photocatalyst for Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 965-973

  Xia, Pengfei ^a   Zhu, Bicheng ^a   Cheng, Bei ^a   Yu, Jiaguo ^a,b   Xu, Jingsan ^c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

graphitic carbon nitride; photocatalytic degradation; two dimensional nanocomposite; Z scheme heterojunction

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSHEETS; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTRUM; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; HETEROSTRUCTURED PHOTOCATALYST; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER TREATMENT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL NANOCOMPOSITES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTRA;

MANGANESE COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85040033587     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b03289     Document Type: Article

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