Edge effect-modulated exciton dissociation and charge transfer in porous ultrathin tubular graphitic carbon nitride for boosting photoredox activity
Weinan Xing, Fang Ma, Zong‐Jun Li, Ao Wang, Mingxia Liu, Jiangang Han, Guangyu Wu, Wenguang Tu
Abstract
The grafting of tunable cysteine units in porous ultrathin tubular CN is designed to effectively relax photoinduced excitons into electrons and holes and accelerate charge transfer from CN into active sites for improved photocatalytic activity.
Topics & Concepts
ExcitonGraphitic carbon nitrideDissociation (chemistry)Materials scienceCarbon nitridePhotocatalysisOptoelectronicsPhotochemistryPorosityElectron transferElectronSemiconductorPhotoinduced electron transferPorous mediumCharge (physics)Chemical physicsChemistryCondensed matter physicsComposite materialPhysical chemistryOrganic chemistryPhysicsQuantum mechanicsCatalysisAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesPerovskite Materials and ApplicationsAdvanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis