Doping-induced enhancement of crystallinity in polymeric carbon nitride nanosheets to improve their visible-light photocatalytic activity

Nanoscale ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (14) ◽  
pp. 6876-6885 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan-Yuan Li ◽  
Bing-Xin Zhou ◽  
Hua-Wei Zhang ◽  
Shao-Fang Ma ◽  
Wei-Qing Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Photocatalytic Activity ◽  
Visible Light ◽  
Carbon Nitride ◽  
Structural Defects ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Utilization Ratio ◽  
Carbon Nitride Nanosheets ◽  
Polymeric Carbon ◽  
Visible Light Photocatalytic

Structural defects can greatly inhibit electron transfer in two-dimensional (2D) layered polymeric carbon nitride (CN), seriously lowering its utilization ratio of photogenerated charges during photocatalysis.

Preparation of 2D hydroxyl-rich carbon nitride nanosheets for photocatalytic reduction of CO2

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (42) ◽  
pp. 33254-33261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Huang ◽  
Yanjie Wang ◽  
Yiqing Bi ◽  
Jiarui Jin ◽  
Muhammad Fahad Ehsan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Photocatalytic Activity ◽  
Visible Light ◽  
Carbon Nitride ◽  
Photocatalytic Reduction ◽  
Hydroxyl Groups ◽  
Visible Light Photocatalytic Activity ◽  
Reduction Of Co2 ◽  
Carbon Nitride Nanosheets ◽  
Visible Light Photocatalytic

The nanosheet exhibits better visible-light photocatalytic activity than bulk g-C3N4 due to nanosheet nature and presence of more hydroxyl groups.

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