The development of sustainable routes for the synthesis of noble metal supported catalysts is of high importance because of their wide applications on a large scale in the catalysis field.
1In view of the fact that the photocatalytic activity of graphitic carbon nitride (g-C 3 N 4 ) 2 is greatly influenced by its electronic structure, herein, effect of templates induced 3 surface species variation on the electronic structure and photocatalytic activity of the 4 templated g-C 3 N 4 was investigated. By mixing the precursor of cyanamide with 5 different templates (SiO 2 , Al 2 O 3 and template-free) in the preparation of graphitic 6 carbon nitride (g-C 3 N 4 ), carbon nitrides with different surface species were obtained. 7 The obtained carbon nitride (g-C 3 N 4 -Si) templated by SiO 2 nanoparticles exhibits 8 enlarged band gap (3.26 eV) and enhanced photo-degradation ability towards Methyl 9
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