Metal-free melem/g-C3N4 hybrid photocatalysts for water treatment

© 2015 Elsevier Inc. In this study, graphitic carbon nitride was engineered to produce metal-free melem/g-C3N4 hybrid photocatalysts through a hydrothermal technique. It was revealed that the hydrothermal treatment of g-C3N4 could produce a hybrid structure of "thorn ball" liked melem on g...

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Main Authors: Liu, S., Sun, Hongqi, O'Donnell, Kane, Ang, Ming, Tade, Moses, Wang, Shaobin
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2016
Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150103026
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14447
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author Liu, S.
Sun, Hongqi
O'Donnell, Kane
Ang, Ming
Tade, Moses
Wang, Shaobin
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Sun, Hongqi
O'Donnell, Kane
Ang, Ming
Tade, Moses
Wang, Shaobin
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description © 2015 Elsevier Inc. In this study, graphitic carbon nitride was engineered to produce metal-free melem/g-C3N4 hybrid photocatalysts through a hydrothermal technique. It was revealed that the hydrothermal treatment of g-C3N4 could produce a hybrid structure of "thorn ball" liked melem on g-C3N4 layer at a high temperature, and was able to modify the photoelectronic properties of g-C3N4. The spectroscopic measurements implied that a melem/g-C3N4 hybrid has better light absorption and lower electron/hole recombination than pristine g-C3N4. Therefore, the melem/g-C3N4 photocatalysts can decompose methylene blue solution under artificial sunlight with a higher rate and also present good stability.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-144472022-10-12T07:37:04Z Metal-free melem/g-C3N4 hybrid photocatalysts for water treatment Liu, S. Sun, Hongqi O'Donnell, Kane Ang, Ming Tade, Moses Wang, Shaobin © 2015 Elsevier Inc. In this study, graphitic carbon nitride was engineered to produce metal-free melem/g-C3N4 hybrid photocatalysts through a hydrothermal technique. It was revealed that the hydrothermal treatment of g-C3N4 could produce a hybrid structure of "thorn ball" liked melem on g-C3N4 layer at a high temperature, and was able to modify the photoelectronic properties of g-C3N4. The spectroscopic measurements implied that a melem/g-C3N4 hybrid has better light absorption and lower electron/hole recombination than pristine g-C3N4. Therefore, the melem/g-C3N4 photocatalysts can decompose methylene blue solution under artificial sunlight with a higher rate and also present good stability. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14447 10.1016/j.jcis.2015.11.003 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150103026 restricted
spellingShingle Liu, S.
Sun, Hongqi
O'Donnell, Kane
Ang, Ming
Tade, Moses
Wang, Shaobin
Metal-free melem/g-C3N4 hybrid photocatalysts for water treatment
title Metal-free melem/g-C3N4 hybrid photocatalysts for water treatment
title_full Metal-free melem/g-C3N4 hybrid photocatalysts for water treatment
title_fullStr Metal-free melem/g-C3N4 hybrid photocatalysts for water treatment
title_full_unstemmed Metal-free melem/g-C3N4 hybrid photocatalysts for water treatment
title_short Metal-free melem/g-C3N4 hybrid photocatalysts for water treatment
title_sort metal-free melem/g-c3n4 hybrid photocatalysts for water treatment
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150103026
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14447