The origin of the enhanced photocatalytic activity of carbon nitride nanotubes: a first-principles study

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 4827-4834 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qian Gao ◽  
Shuanglin Hu ◽  
Yi Du ◽  
Zhenpeng Hu
Keyword(s):  
Photocatalytic Activity ◽  
Visible Light ◽  
Band Gap ◽  
Light Absorption ◽  
First Principles ◽  
Carbon Nitride ◽  
Oxidative Potential ◽  
Visible Light Absorption ◽  
First Principles Study

Being wrapped into nanotubes benefits both the band gap (visible light absorption) and oxidative potential of g-C3N4.

Phosphorus- and fluorine-co-doped carbon nitride: modulated visible light absorption, charge carrier kinetics and boosted photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pinnan Li ◽  
Mingya Wang ◽  
Shushu Huang ◽  
Yiguo Su
Keyword(s):  
Charge Carrier ◽  
Visible Light ◽  
Band Gap ◽  
Light Absorption ◽  
Carbon Nitride ◽  
Light Response ◽  
Visible Light Absorption ◽  
Visible Light Response ◽  
Band Gap Structure ◽  
Co Doped

A phosphorus and fluorine co-doped carbon nitride photocatalyst was constructed to modulate the band gap structure and visible light response ability of g-C3N4 as well as the photocatalytic H2 evolution activity.

scholarly journals A metal-free 3C-SiC/g-C3N4 composite with enhanced visible light photocatalytic activity

RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (63) ◽  
pp. 40028-40033 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Xu ◽  
Zhixing Gan ◽  
Weiping Zhou ◽  
Zuoming Ding ◽  
Xiaowei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Photocatalytic Activity ◽  
Visible Light ◽  
Light Absorption ◽  
Carbon Nitride ◽  
Photocatalytic Performance ◽  
Photogenerated Electron ◽  
Electron Hole ◽  
Visible Light Absorption ◽  
Metal Free ◽  
Visible Light Photocatalytic

Insufficient visible light absorption and fast recombination of the photogenerated electron–hole pairs have seriously hampered the photocatalytic performance of graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) up to now.

scholarly journals Visible-light absorption and large band-gap bowing of GaN1−xSbxfrom first principles

2011 ◽  
Vol 84 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Michael Sheetz ◽  
Ernst Richter ◽  
Antonis N. Andriotis ◽  
Sergey Lisenkov ◽  
Chandrashekhar Pendyala ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Visible Light ◽  
Band Gap ◽  
Light Absorption ◽  
First Principles ◽  
Visible Light Absorption

Impact of Rutile Fraction on TiO2 Visible-Light Absorption and Visible-Light-Induced Photocatalytic Activity

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Maria Tobaldi ◽  
Luc Lajaunie ◽  
ana caetano ◽  
nejc rozman ◽  
Maria Paula Seabra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Photocatalytic Activity ◽  
Visible Light ◽  
Light Absorption ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Diffraction Method ◽  
Band Alignment ◽  
Quantitative Phase Analysis ◽  
Transmission Microscopy ◽  
Visible Light Absorption ◽  
X Ray

<div>Titanium dioxide is by far the most utilised semiconductor material for photocatalytic applications. Still, it is transparent to visible-light. Recently, it has been proved that a type-II band alignment for the rutile−anatase mixture would improve its visible-light absorption.</div><div>In this research paper we thoroughly characterised the real crystalline and amorphous phases of synthesised titanias – thermally treated at different temperatures to get distinct ratios of anatase-rutile-amorphous fraction – as well as that of three commercially available photocatalytic nano-TiO2. </div><div>The structural characterisation was done via advanced X-ray diffraction method, namely the Rietveld-RIR method, to attain a full quantitative phase analysis of the specimens. The microstructure was also investigated via an advanced X-ray method, the whole powder pattern modelling. These methods were validated combining advanced aberration-corrected scanning transmission microscopy and high-resolution electron energy-loss spectroscopy. The photocatalytic activity was assessed in the liquid- and gas-solid phase (employing rhodamine B and 4-chlorophenol, and isopropanol, respectively, as the organic substances to degrade) using a light source irradiating exclusively in the visible-range.</div><div>Optical spectroscopy showed that even a small fraction of rutile (2 wt%) is able to shift to lower energies the apparent optical band gap of an anatase-rutile mixed phase. But is this enough to attain a real photocatalytic activity promoted by merely visible-light?</div><div>We tried to give a reply to that question.</div><div>Photocatalytic activity results in the liquid-solid phase showed that a high surface hydroxylation led to specimen with superior visible light-induced catalytic activity (i.e. dye and ligand-to-metal charge transfer complexes sensitisation effects). That is: not photocatalysis <i>sensu-strictu</i>.</div><div>On the other hand, the gas-solid phase results showed that a higher amount of the rutile fraction (around 10 wt%), together with less recombination of the charge carriers, were more effective for an actual photocatalytic oxidation of isopropanol.</div>

scholarly journals Electrostatic interaction mechanism of visible light absorption broadening in ion-doped graphitic carbon nitride

RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (37) ◽  
pp. 22652-22660
Author(s):  
Zengyu Cen ◽  
Yuna Kang ◽  
Rong Lu ◽  
Anchi Yu
Keyword(s):  
Visible Light ◽  
Electrostatic Interaction ◽  
Light Absorption ◽  
Carbon Nitride ◽  
Interaction Mechanism ◽  
Graphitic Carbon ◽  
Electrostatic Attraction ◽  
Graphitic Carbon Nitride ◽  
Visible Light Absorption

H2O2 treated K-doped graphitic carbon nitride presents an enhanced visible light absorption, which is due to the electrostatic attraction between K ions and OOH ions inside graphitic carbon nitride.

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