Controlling defects in crystalline carbon nitride to optimize photocatalytic CO<sub>2</sub> reduction
Han Li, Bicheng Zhu, Shaowen Cao, Jiaguo Yu
Abstract
The effective controlling of the defects of crystalline carbon nitride is presented. The rational strategy not only improves the crystallinity of carbon nitride, promoting the charge carrier transfer, but also introduces the nitrogen vacancies and cyano groups, serving as the optimal activation sites for enhanced CO2 reduction.
Topics & Concepts
PhotocatalysisCarbon nitrideReduction (mathematics)Materials scienceNitrideCarbon fibersChemical engineeringNanotechnologyInorganic chemistryChemistryCatalysisComposite materialOrganic chemistryComposite numberMathematicsEngineeringLayer (electronics)GeometryAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesGas Sensing Nanomaterials and SensorsElectronic and Structural Properties of Oxides