C-, N-Vacancy defect engineered polymeric carbon nitride towards photocatalysis: viewpoints and challenges

A Kumar, P Raizada… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
As an alluring metal-free polymeric semiconductor material, graphite-like carbon nitride (g-
C3N4; abbreviated as GCN) has triggered a new impetus in the field of photocatalysis …

Doping of graphitic carbon nitride for photocatalysis: a review

L Jiang, X Yuan, Y Pan, J Liang, G Zeng, Z Wu… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2017 - Elsevier
As a fascinating conjugated polymer, graphitic carbon nitride (gC 3 N 4) has been the
hotspot in the materials science as a metal-free and visible-light-responsive photocatalyst …

A fully conjugated covalent organic framework with oxidative and reductive sites for photocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction with water

YZ Cheng, W Ji, PY Hao, XH Qi, X Wu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Constructing a powerful photocatalytic system that can achieve the carbon dioxide (CO2)
reduction half‐reaction and the water (H2O) oxidation half‐reaction simultaneously is a very …

Fine-tuned local coordination environment of Pt single atoms on ceria controls catalytic reactivity

W Tan, S Xie, D Le, W Diao, M Wang, KB Low… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Constructing single atom catalysts with fine-tuned coordination environments can be a
promising strategy to achieve satisfactory catalytic performance. Herein, via a simple …

Limitations of the Tauc plot method

J Klein, L Kampermann, B Mockenhaupt… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The Tauc plot is a method originally developed to derive the optical gap of amorphous
semiconductors such as amorphous germanium or silicon. By measuring the absorption …

Controllable approach to carbon‐deficient and oxygen‐doped graphitic carbon nitride: robust photocatalyst against recalcitrant organic pollutants and the mechanism …

X Wang, J Meng, X Zhang, Y Liu, M Ren… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Polymeric g‐C3N4 is a promising visible‐light‐responsive photocatalyst; however, the fast
recombination of charge carriers and moderate oxidation ability remarkably restrict its …

Porous P-doped graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets for synergistically enhanced visible-light photocatalytic H 2 production

J Ran, TY Ma, G Gao, XW Du, SZ Qiao - Energy & Environmental …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Novel porous P-doped graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) nanosheets were for the first time
fabricated by combining P doping and thermal exfoliation strategies. The as-prepared P …

Enhanced photocatalytic N2 fixation via defective and fluoride modified TiO2 surface

R Guan, D Wang, Y Zhang, C Liu, W Xu, J Wang… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic N 2 fixation (PNF) provides a low-cost route to generate ammonia. The poor
conversion efficiency from photon to ammonia seriously hinders the step forward because of …

Engineering Coexposed {001} and {101} Facets in Oxygen-Deficient TiO2 Nanocrystals for Enhanced CO2 Photoreduction under Visible Light

L Liu, Y Jiang, H Zhao, J Chen, J Cheng, K Yang… - Acs …, 2016 - ACS Publications
This work for the first time reports engineered oxygen-deficient, blue TiO2 nanocrystals with
coexposed {101}-{001} facets (TiO2–x {001}-{101}) to enhance CO2 photoreduction under …

Surface charge modification via protonation of graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) for electrostatic self-assembly construction of 2D/2D reduced graphene oxide (rGO)/g …

WJ Ong, LL Tan, SP Chai, ST Yong, AR Mohamed - Nano Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
In this work, we reported a 2D/2D hybrid heterojunction photocatalyst with effective
interfacial contact by incorporating reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and protonated gC 3 N 4 …