Emerging heterostructured C₃N₄photocatalysts for photocatalytic environmental pollutant elimination and sterilization

Abstract

Photocatalysis is deemed as a highly prominent technology to solve environmental problems such as pollutant removal, CO2 emission and bacterial inactivation. As an important photocatalyst, g-C3N4 has appealed a great...

Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) as an emerging photocatalyst for sustainable environmental applications: a comprehensive review

“…17,18 By exploiting semiconductor materials that can absorb solar radiation and catalyze chemical reactions, photocatalysis has the potential to transform pollutants into harmless byproducts, produce clean energy from sunlight, and address the daunting issue of global warming through carbon capture and utilization. 19–22…”

Achieving ultra-trace analysis and multi-light driven photodegradation toward phenolic derivatives via a bifunctional catalyst derived from a Cu(i)-complex-modified polyoxometalate

“…With the rapid development of the global economy and industry, environmental pollution, especially water pollution, has attracted widespread attention. [1][2][3][4] Among the various water contaminants, phenol is a representative water contaminant and widely discharged from textiles, packing materials, and agrochemicals, which has seriously harmful effects on human health and ecosystem. 5,6 Moreover, phenol has been listed as a priority pollutant by relevant environmental agencies in the United States and other countries.…”

Efficient Nb2O5@g-C3N4 heterostructures for enhanced photocatalytic CO2 reduction with highly selective conversion to CH4

“…Among a variety of semiconductors, graphitic phase carbon nitride (g-C 3 N 4 ) with a special structure has attracted the attention of current researchers because of its appropriate band structure and low band gap value ( E g ∼ 2.7 eV). 14,15 It is made up of two elements that are common on the Earth and have some special traits, such as good optical and electrical properties and ease of large-scale synthesis. 16,17 The well-known TiO 2 semiconductor is only functional in the UV spectrum, whereas a suitable band gap for g-C 3 N 4 is 2.7 eV, which allows it to respond to visible light.…”