Fabrication of a Z-scheme g-C3N4/Fe-TiO2 photocatalytic composite with enhanced photocatalytic activity under visible light irradiation

Catalysts

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Zhu, Zedong ^a   Murugananthan, Muthu ^b   Gu, Jie ^a   Zhang, Yanrong ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Fe doping; Graphitic carbon nitride; Titanium dioxide; Z scheme

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044339064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/catal8030112     Document Type: Article

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