“…Other photocatalysts, like Cu 2 − x Se (Liu et al, 2019), ZnIn 2 S 4 (Mao et al, 2021), also have been widely researched, whereas their slow photo-generate charges-holes separation rate still hinder their further development. Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C 3 N 4 ), a metal-free photocatalyst, has been intensively studied in water splitting (Cheng et al, 2018), water puri cation (Akulinkin et al, 2021;Yan et al, 2009), since it was rst reported in 2009. g-C 3 N 4 is composed by sp 2 -hybridized C and N forms a π-conjugated system, favoring the adjustment of nanosheet-based materials in electronics and optoelectronics (Cui et al, 2011;Yang et al, 2015). Additionally, g-C 3 N 4 presents suitable energy gap of 2.7 eV, indicating it can absorb and utilize visible light with wavelengths < 470 nm (Li et al, 2019).…”