Carbon nitride based materials: more than just a support for single-atom catalysis

GFSR Rocha, MAR da Silva, A Rogolino… - Chemical Society …, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Recently, the missing link between homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis has been
found and it was named single-atom catalysis (SAC). However, the SAC field still faces …

Semiconducting polymers for oxygen evolution reaction under light illumination

Y Fang, Y Hou, X Fu, X Wang - Chemical Reviews, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Sunlight-driven water splitting to produce hydrogen fuel has stimulated intensive scientific
interest, as this technology has the potential to revolutionize fossil fuel-based energy …

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 …

Polymer photocatalysts for solar-to-chemical energy conversion

T Banerjee, F Podjaski, J Kröger, BP Biswal… - Nature Reviews …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Solar-to-chemical energy conversion for the generation of high-energy chemicals is one of
the most viable solutions to the quest for sustainable energy resources. Although long …

Improved charge separation in poly (heptazine‐triazine) imides with semi‐coherent interfaces for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

J Zhang, X Liang, C Zhang, L Lin… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
The construction of heterojunctions is a promising manner to accelerate the separation and
transfer of the charge carriers at the interface. Herein, a binary poly (heptazine‐triazine) …

Enhanced photocatalytic H2 production independent of exciton dissociation in crystalline carbon nitride

G Zhang, Y Xu, J Zhu, Y Li, C He, X Ren… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The role of exciton dissociation in charge separation dominated by in-plane crystallinity has
been rarely addressed, although it is the decisive step of polymeric carbon nitride (CN) …

Metal poly (heptazine imides) as multifunctional photocatalysts for solar fuel production

CM Pelicano, M Antonietti - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐driven photocatalysis employing particulate semiconductors represents a promising
approach for sustainable production of valuable chemical feedstock. Metal poly (heptazine …

Construction of K+ Ion Gradient in Crystalline Carbon Nitride to Accelerate Exciton Dissociation and Charge Separation for Visible Light H2 Production

G Zhang, Y Xu, D Yan, C He, Y Li, X Ren, P Zhang… - ACS …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
The sluggish exciton dissociation and charge transfer and separation due to weak driving
force still restrict the further improvement of photocatalytic performance in crystalline carbon …

Photoredox catalytic organic transformations using heterogeneous carbon nitrides

A Savateev, I Ghosh, B König… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Photoredox catalysis comprising homogeneous transition‐metal‐based systems, organic
dyes, and semiconductors, has become a universal tool to catalyze a wide variety of …

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 …