Alkaline salt-promoted construction of hydrophilic and nitrogen deficient graphitic carbon nitride with highly improved photocatalytic efficiency
Hao Chen, Wuyou Wang, Zhenzhen Yang, Xian Suo, Ziyang Lu, Weiming Xiao, Sheng Dai
Abstract
Graphitic carbon nitride possesses fascinating merits, but its practical applications are limited by the inferior properties of limited visible-light sorption, rapid recombination of photo-excited charge carriers and low electrical conductivity.
Topics & Concepts
PhotocatalysisGraphitic carbon nitrideSalt (chemistry)SorptionCarbon nitrideNitrideCarbon fibersMaterials scienceCharge carrierNitrogenVisible spectrumChemical engineeringNanotechnologyInorganic chemistryChemistryOptoelectronicsCatalysisComposite materialOrganic chemistryAdsorptionLayer (electronics)Composite numberEngineeringAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesCovalent Organic Framework Applications2D Materials and Applications