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 …

Emerging Chemical Functionalization of gC3N4: Covalent/Noncovalent Modifications and Applications

M Majdoub, Z Anfar, A Amedlous - ACS nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
Atomically 2D thin-layered structures, such as graphene nanosheets, graphitic carbon
nitride nanosheets (g-C3N4), hexagonal boron nitride, and transition metal dichalcogenides …

Semiconductor polymeric graphitic carbon nitride photocatalysts: the “holy grail” for the photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction under visible light

G Liao, Y Gong, L Zhang, H Gao, GJ Yang… - Energy & Environmental …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Semiconductor polymeric graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) photocatalysts have attracted
dramatically growing attention in the field of the visible-light-induced hydrogen evolution …

Enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from organic semiconductor heterojunction nanoparticles

J Kosco, M Bidwell, H Cha, T Martin, CT Howells… - Nature materials, 2020 - nature.com
Photocatalysts formed from a single organic semiconductor typically suffer from inefficient
intrinsic charge generation, which leads to low photocatalytic activities. We demonstrate that …

A review on the synthesis, properties, and characterizations of graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) for energy conversion and storage applications

O Iqbal, H Ali, N Li, AI Al-Sulami, KF Alshammari… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
Graphitic carbon nitride (gC 3 N 4) is a non-metallic semiconductor, that has received
enormous interest in the research area of energy conversion and storage due to its several …

The bulk heterojunction in organic photovoltaic, photodetector, and photocatalytic applications

A Wadsworth, Z Hamid, J Kosco, N Gasparini… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Organic semiconductors require an energetic offset in order to photogenerate free charge
carriers efficiently, owing to their inability to effectively screen charges. This is vitally …

Alkali‐assisted synthesis of nitrogen deficient graphitic carbon nitride with tunable band structures for efficient visible‐light‐driven hydrogen evolution

H Yu, R Shi, Y Zhao, T Bian, Y Zhao, C Zhou… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A facile synthetic strategy for nitrogen‐deficient graphitic carbon nitride (g‐C 3 N x) is
established, involving a simple alkali‐assisted thermal polymerization of urea, melamine, or …

A review on g-C3N4-based photocatalysts

J Wen, J **e, X Chen, X Li - Applied surface science, 2017 - Elsevier
As one of the most appealing and attractive technologies, heterogeneous photocatalysis has
been utilized to directly harvest, convert and store renewable solar energy for producing …

Functional carbon nitride materials—design strategies for electrochemical devices

FK Kessler, Y Zheng, D Schwarz… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
In the past decade, research in the field of artificial photosynthesis has shifted from simple,
inorganic semiconductors to more abundant, polymeric materials. For example, polymeric …

Graphitic Carbon Nitride (gC3N4)-Based Photocatalysts for Artificial Photosynthesis and Environmental Remediation: Are We a Step Closer To Achieving …

WJ Ong, LL Tan, YH Ng, ST Yong, SP Chai - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
As a fascinating conjugated polymer, graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) has become a new
research hotspot and drawn broad interdisciplinary attention as a metal-free and visible-light …