JOURNAL ARTICLE

Self-catalytic membrane photo-reactor made of carbon nitride nanosheets

Kai‐Ge ZhouDaryl McManusÉric PrestatXing ZhongYuyoung ShinHao‐Li ZhangSarah J. HaighCinzia Casiraghi

Year: 2016 Journal:   Journal of Materials Chemistry A Vol: 4 (30)Pages: 11666-11671   Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Abstract

In this study we use a membrane photo-reactor (MPR) made of nanosheets of graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4), assembled by vacuum filtration, to make low-cost, efficient, easy-to-produce self-catalytic photo-reactors for water treatment under visible light.

Keywords:
Carbon nitride Graphitic carbon nitride Catalysis Membrane Nitride Materials science Carbon fibers Filtration (mathematics) Photocatalysis Chemical engineering Visible spectrum Membrane reactor Nanotechnology Chemistry Optoelectronics Composite material Organic chemistry Engineering

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