Exfoliated graphene-like carbon nitride in organic solvents: enhanced photocatalytic activity and highly selective and sensitive sensor for the detection of trace amounts of Cu2+

Oxygenated monolayer carbon nitride for excellent photocatalytic hydrogen evolution and external quantum efficiency

“…Herein, on the basis of our previous studies, 12,23,29,30 we reported a strategy to prepare oxygen-modified monolayer g-C 3 N 4 material (abbreviated as O-g-C 3 N 4 ) via thermal oxidation. To our best knowledge, it's the first time to report the synthesis of monolayer g-C 3 N 4 with high crystallinity in a high yield.…”

“…Simultaneously, the residual organic solvent used for exfoliation and stabilization of the monolayer is also difficult to remove that results in potential negative effect on the photocatalytic 3 activity. [29][30][31] Therefore, it's urgently necessary to develop a synthetic route free of organic solvent and yielding monolayer in a large-scale.…”

Synthesis of g-C3N4/Ag3VO4 composites with enhanced photocatalytic activity under visible light irradiation

“…Photocatalysts based on semiconductor materials can produce photoproduction electron which has strong reducibility and hole with strong oxidizability under the irradiation of visible light, which contribute to the conversion of organic pollutants and inorganic pollutants into harmless substance [5,6]. Up to now, numerous efforts have been strived to develop efficient photocatalysts, such as Ag 3 PO 4 [14,15], g-C 3 N 4 [16], BiFeO 3 [17], BiVO 4 [18], and BiOI [19].…”

Two dimensional graphitic-phase C3N4 as multifunctional protecting layer for enhanced short-circuit photocurrent in ZnO based dye-sensitized solar cells

“…The foremost research interests are focused on the photo-degradation for environmental remediation [23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31] and water splitting for H 2 fuel [32][33][34]. In addition, the potential application of g-C 3 N 4 were also expanded to many territories such as adsorption [35], fuel cell [36], sensors [37], bio-imaging [38], and Li ion batteries [39]. However, so far as we know, g-C 3 N 4 has been seldom studied to explore its potential application in solar energy conversion devices [40].…”