Metal-free photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution

MZ Rahman, MG Kibria, CB Mullins - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
This review focuses on the discussion of the latest progress and remaining challenges in
selected metal-free photocatalysts for hydrogen production. The scope of this review is …

A tour‐guide through carbon nitride‐land: structure‐and dimensionality‐dependent properties for photo (electro) chemical energy conversion and storage

VW Lau, BV Lotsch - Advanced Energy Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the explosion in the number of publications on the graphitic carbon nitride family of
materials, much still remains unknown about their structure and the underlying properties …

Tri-s-triazine-Based Crystalline Graphitic Carbon Nitrides for Highly Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Photocatalysis

L Lin, H Ou, Y Zhang, X Wang - Acs Catalysis, 2016 - ACS Publications
Graphitic carbon nitride (g-CN) is an emerging metal-free photocatalyst for solar energy
conversion via water splitting and CO2 fixation. Herein, we used preheated melamine as a …

Atomically dispersed low-valent Au boosts photocatalytic hydroxyl radical production

Z Teng, H Yang, Q Zhang, W Cai, YR Lu, K Kato… - Nature Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
Providing affordable, safe drinking water and universal sanitation poses a grand societal
challenge. Here we developed atomically dispersed Au on potassium-incorporated …

Photocatalysis of water into hydrogen peroxide over an atomic Ga-N5 site

H Tan, P Zhou, M Liu, Q Zhang, F Liu, H Guo, Y Zhou… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Tuning photocatalytic selectivity towards industrially significant yet thermodynamically
unfavourable products remains challenging. Here a Ga-N5 atomic site on macroporous …

Rational design of carbon nitride photocatalysts by identification of cyanamide defects as catalytically relevant sites

VW Lau, I Moudrakovski, T Botari, S Weinberger… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The heptazine-based polymer melon (also known as graphitic carbon nitride, g-C3N4) is a
promising photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution. Nonetheless, attempts to improve its …

Carbon nitrides: synthesis and characterization of a new class of functional materials

TS Miller, AB Jorge, TM Suter, A Sella, F Corà… - Physical Chemistry …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon nitride compounds with high N: C ratios and graphitic to polymeric structures are
being investigated as potential next-generation materials for incorporation in devices for …

Tailoring the energy band gap and edges' potentials of g-C3N4/TiO2 composite photocatalysts for NOx removal

T Giannakopoulou, I Papailias, N Todorova… - Chemical Engineering …, 2017 - Elsevier
Graphitic carbon nitride/titania (gC 3 N 4/TiO 2) composite photocatalysts with different C 3 N
4/TiO 2 ratios were synthesised by a simple preparation route through annealing the …

Polymeric carbon nitrides and related metal-free materials for energy and environmental applications

J Barrio, M Volokh, M Shalom - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon nitride polymers have emerged as a new class of materials for a wide range of
applications such as photo-and electro-catalysis, sensors, bioimaging and more due to their …

Eco-Friendly Photochemical Production of H2O2 through O2 Reduction over Carbon Nitride Frameworks Incorporated with Multiple Heteroelements

G Moon, M Fujitsuka, S Kim, T Majima, X Wang… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We report that in situ incorporation of both potassium and phosphate species into a
polymeric carbon nitride (CN) framework highly enhanced the photoproduction of hydrogen …