Solar fuels: research and development strategies to accelerate photocatalytic CO 2 conversion into hydrocarbon fuels

E Gong, S Ali, CB Hiragond, HS Kim… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Photocatalytic production of solar fuels from CO2 is a promising strategy for addressing
global environmental problems and securing future energy supplies. Although extensive …

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 …

Mechanistic analysis of multiple processes controlling solar-driven H2O2 synthesis using engineered polymeric carbon nitride

Y Zhao, P Zhang, Z Yang, L Li, J Gao, S Chen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Solar-driven hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) production presents unique merits of sustainability
and environmental friendliness. Herein, efficient solar-driven H2O2 production through …

Crystalline carbon nitride semiconductors for photocatalytic water splitting

L Lin, Z Yu, X Wang - Angewandte Chemie, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Conjugated carbon nitride (CN) is an emerging and promising semiconductor photocatalyst
for water photolysis owing to its unique properties. However, the traditional thermally …

Alkali‐assisted synthesis of nitrogen deficient graphitic carbon nitride with tunable band structures for efficient visible‐light‐driven hydrogen evolution

H Yu, R Shi, Y Zhao, T Bian, Y Zhao, C Zhou… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A facile synthetic strategy for nitrogen‐deficient graphitic carbon nitride (g‐C 3 N x) is
established, involving a simple alkali‐assisted thermal polymerization of urea, melamine, or …

Organic semiconductor photocatalyst can bifunctionalize arenes and heteroarenes

I Ghosh, J Khamrai, A Savateev, N Shlapakov… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Photoexcited electron-hole pairs on a semiconductor surface can engage in redox reactions
with two different substrates. Similar to conventional electrosynthesis, the primary redox …

Graphitic Carbon Nitride (gC3N4)-Based Photocatalysts for Artificial Photosynthesis and Environmental Remediation: Are We a Step Closer To Achieving …

WJ Ong, LL Tan, YH Ng, ST Yong, SP Chai - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
As a fascinating conjugated polymer, graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) has become a new
research hotspot and drawn broad interdisciplinary attention as a metal-free and visible-light …

Graphene in photocatalysis: a review

X Li, J Yu, S Wageh, AA Al‐Ghamdi, J Xie - Small, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, heterogeneous photocatalysis has received much research interest because
of its powerful potential applications in tackling many important energy and environmental …

Heptazine‐based ordered‐distorted copolymers with enhanced visible‐light absorption for photocatalytic hydrogen production

J Zhang, G Ye, C Zhang, Z Pan, S Wang… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Poly (heptazine imide)(PHI), one of the attractive allotropes of polymeric carbon
nitride, has recently received extensive attention in photocatalysis due to its extended …

Water oxidation catalysts for artificial photosynthesis

S Ye, C Ding, M Liu, A Wang, Q Huang… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Water oxidation is the primary reaction of both natural and artificial photosynthesis.
Developing active and robust water oxidation catalysts (WOCs) is the key to constructing …