Waste medical mask-derived carbon quantum dots enhance the photocatalytic degradation of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) over BiOBr/g-C3N4 S-scheme heterojunction
- Corresponding author: Shiyou Hao, sky54@zjnu.cn
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Shiyi Chen, Jialong Fu, Jianping Qiu, Guoju Chang, Shiyou Hao. Waste medical mask-derived carbon quantum dots enhance the photocatalytic degradation of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) over BiOBr/g-C3N4 S-scheme heterojunction[J]. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica,
;2026, 42(1): 100135.
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10.1016/j.actphy.2025.100135
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