Improving hydrogen production for carbon-nitride-based materials: crystallinity, cyanimide groups and alkali metals in solution working synergistically
Ivo F. Teixeira, Nadezda V. Tarakina, Ingrid F. Silva, Gabriel A. A. Diab, Nieves López‐Salas, Aleksandr Savateev, Markus Antonietti
Abstract
The recent findings on the fundamental understanding of the activity of carbon nitride-based materials in the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) allow to design rationally the photocatalytic systems with improved activities.
Topics & Concepts
CrystallinityCarbon nitrideHydrogen productionMaterials scienceNitrideAlkali metalHydrogenProduction (economics)PhotocatalysisCarbon fibersChemical engineeringNanotechnologyMetallurgyChemistryComposite materialCatalysisEngineeringOrganic chemistryComposite numberLayer (electronics)MacroeconomicsEconomicsAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesCopper-based nanomaterials and applicationsAdvanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis