Current understanding and challenges of solar-driven hydrogen generation using polymeric photocatalysts

Y Wang, A Vogel, M Sachs, RS Sprick, L Wilbraham… - Nature Energy, 2019 - nature.com
The use of hydrogen as a fuel, when generated from water using semiconductor
photocatalysts and driven by sunlight, is a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels. Polymeric …

The nonmetal modulation of composition and morphology of g-C3N4-based photocatalysts

F He, Z Wang, Y Li, S Peng, B Liu - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, metal-free graphitic carbon nitride (gC 3 N 4) as a fascinating photocatalyst
has become a research hot topic in energy conversion and environmental treatment. To …

Molecular engineering of polymeric carbon nitride: advancing applications from photocatalysis to biosensing and more

Z Zhou, Y Zhang, Y Shen, S Liu, Y Zhang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
As a promising two-dimensional (2D) conjugated polymer, polymeric carbon nitride (CN) is
attracting dramatically increasing interest due to its unusual properties, facile synthesis from …

Robust ultramicroporous metal–organic frameworks with benchmark affinity for acetylene

YL Peng, T Pham, P Li, T Wang, Y Chen… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Highly selective separation and/or purification of acetylene from various gas mixtures is a
relevant and difficult challenge that currently requires costly and energy‐intensive …

Time-resolved spectroscopic investigation of charge trapping in carbon nitrides photocatalysts for hydrogen generation

R Godin, Y Wang, MA Zwijnenburg… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Carbon nitride (g-C3N4) as a benchmark polymer photocatalyst is attracting significant
research interest because of its visible light photocatalytic performance combined with good …

Graphitic carbon nitride (gC 3 N 4) electrodes for energy conversion and storage: a review on photoelectrochemical water splitting, solar cells and supercapacitors

J Safaei, NA Mohamed, MFM Noh, MF Soh… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) has emerged as one of the most promising photocatalysts
due to its metal-free nature, abundance of raw material, and thermal physical–chemical …

An ultra-sensitive electrochemical sensor based on 2D g-C3N4/CuO nanocomposites for dopamine detection

J Zou, S Wu, Y Liu, Y Sun, Y Cao, JP Hsu, ATS Wee… - Carbon, 2018 - Elsevier
A facile sensor based on two-dimensional (2D) gC 3 N 4/CuO nanocomposites was
proposed for electrochemical detection of dopamine (DA). The 2D gC 3 N 4/CuO …

Carbon nitride materials for water splitting photoelectrochemical cells

M Volokh, G Peng, J Barrio… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Graphitic carbon nitride materials (CNs) have emerged as suitable photocatalysts and
heterogeneous catalysts for various reactions thanks to their tunable band gap, suitable …

Graphitic carbon nitride “reloaded”: emerging applications beyond (photo) catalysis

J Liu, H Wang, M Antonietti - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Despite being one of the oldest materials described in the chemical literature, graphitic
carbon nitride (g-C3N4) has just recently experienced a renaissance as a highly active …

Phenyl‐modified carbon nitride quantum dots with distinct photoluminescence behavior

Q Cui, J Xu, X Wang, L Li, M Antonietti… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A novel type of quantum dot (Ph‐CN) is manufactured from graphitic carbon nitride by
“lining” the carbon nitride structure with phenyl groups through supramolecular …