scholarly journals Graphitic Carbon Nitride as a New Sustainable Photocatalyst for Textile Functionalization

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 2568
Author(s):  
Jelena Vasiljević ◽  
Ivan Jerman ◽  
Barbara Simončič
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Remediation ◽  
Carbon Nitride ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Graphitic Carbon ◽  
Water Disinfection ◽  
Graphitic Carbon Nitride ◽  
Textile Functionalization ◽  
Energy Conversion And Storage ◽  
Flame Retardant Properties

As a promising organic semiconducting material, polymeric graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) has attracted much attention due to its excellent optical and photoelectrochemical properties, thermal stability, chemical inertness, nontoxicity, abundance, and low cost. Its advantageous visible light-induced photocatalytic activity has already been beneficially used in the fields of environmental remediation, biological applications, healthcare, energy conversion and storage, and fuel production. Despite the recognized potential of g-C3N4, there is still a knowledge gap in the application of g-C3N4 in the field of textiles, with no published reviews on the g-C3N4- functionalization of textile materials. Therefore, this review article aims to provide a critical overview of recent advances in the surface and bulk modification of textile fibres by g-C3N4 and its composites to tailor photocatalytic self-cleaning, antibacterial, and flame retardant properties as well as to create a textile catalytic platform for water disinfection, the removal of various organic pollutants from water, and selective organic transformations. This paper highlights the possibilities of producing g-C3N4-functionalized textile substrates and suggests some future prospects for this research area.

Hydrogen production via water splitting over graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4 )-based photocatalysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Ismael
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Production ◽  
Environmental Remediation ◽  
Carbon Nitride ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Graphitic Carbon ◽  
Graphitic Carbon Nitride ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Renewable Hydrogen ◽  
Nonmetal Doping

Abstract Photocatalytic splitting of water into hydrogen and oxygen using semiconductor photocatalysts and light irradiation has been attracted much attention and considered to be an alternative for nonrenewable fossil fuel to solve environmental problems and energy crisis and also an as promising approach to produce clean, renewable hydrogen fuel. Owing to their various advantages such as low cost and environmental friendly, chemical, and thermal stability, appropriate band structure, graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4 ) photocatalysts have gained multitudinous attention because of their great potential in solar fuels production and environmental remediation. However, due to its fast charge carrier’s recombination, low surface, and limited absorption of the visible light restrict their activity toward hydrogen evolution and numerous modification techniques were applied to solve these problems such as structural modification, metal/nonmetal doping, and noble metal loading, and coupling semiconductors. In this chapter, we summarize recent progress in the synthesis and characterization of the g-C3N4-based photocatalyst. Several modification methods used to enhance the photocatalytic hydrogen production of g-C3N4-based photocatalyst were also highlighted. This chapter ends with the future research and challenges of hydrogen production over g-C3N4-based photocatalyst.

Graphitic carbon nitride supported single-atom catalysts for efficient oxygen evolution reaction

2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (90) ◽  
pp. 13233-13236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiyu Li ◽  
Peng Cui ◽  
Wenhui Zhong ◽  
Jun Li ◽  
Xijun Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Evolution ◽  
Oxygen Evolution Reaction ◽  
Carbon Nitride ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Graphitic Carbon ◽  
Graphitic Carbon Nitride ◽  
Single Atom ◽  
New Class

Single-atom catalysts of TM@CN would lead to a new class of low-cost, durable and efficient OER catalysts.

Low-cost Ni-complex/graphitic carbon nitride photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution

2017 ◽  
Vol 199 ◽  
pp. 65-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vit Kalousek ◽  
Kazuhiro Kikuta ◽  
Tarun Chand Vagvala ◽  
Keita Ikeue
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Evolution ◽  
Carbon Nitride ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Graphitic Carbon ◽  
Graphitic Carbon Nitride

scholarly journals 2D/2D layered nano-heterostructures of transition metal dichalcogenides (MS2, M = Mo, Sn) and graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) for photocatalytic hydrogen production and environmental remediation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ειρήνη Κουτσουρούμπη
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Production ◽  
Transition Metal ◽  
Environmental Remediation ◽  
Carbon Nitride ◽  
Transition Metal Dichalcogenides ◽  
Graphitic Carbon ◽  
Graphitic Carbon Nitride ◽  
Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production ◽  
Metal Dichalcogenides

Οι εξαιρετικά αποδοτικοί και οικονομικά αποδοτικοί φωτοκαταλύτες είναι από τους πιο σημαντικούς στόχους στον τομέα της παραγωγής καθαρής ενέργειας και της περιβαλλοντικής αποκατάστασης. Για να κατανοήσουμε τους μηχανισμούς φωτοχημικής μεταφοράς φορτίου στη νανοκλίμακα, είναι απαραίτητο να αναπτυχθούν καταλύτες υψηλής αποτελεσματικότητας. Η παρούσα διδακτορική διατριβή επικεντρώνεται στην επιτυχή ανάπτυξη μιας νέας συνθετικής στρατηγικής για την προετοιμασία 2D/2D πολυεπίπεδων νανο-ετεροδομών διχαλκογονιδίων μετάλλων μετάπτωσης (MS2, M = Mo, Sn) και γραφιτικού νιτριδίου του άνθρακα (g-C3N4) για εφαρμογές στην φωτοκαταλυτική παραγωγή καυσίμων και περιβαλλοντική αποκατάσταση . Σε αυτό το πλαίσιο, ο ορθολογικός σχεδιασμός νέων φωτοχημικών συστημάτων μας οδήγησε στη σύνθεση πολυεπίπεδων ετεροδομών με την εναπόθεση νανοφυλλών MoS2 με μεταβλητά πλευρικά μεγέθη στην επιφάνεια του g-C3N4. Αυτές οι σύνθετες δομές μελετήθηκαν ως καθοδικοί καταλύτες για φωτοκαταλυτική παραγωγή υδρογόνου από νερό υπό υπεριώδη ακτινοβολία και ορατό φως. Γενικά, ο φωτοχημικός διαχωρισμός του νερού για την παραγωγή υδρογόνου είναι μια πολύ ελκυστική και πολλά υποσχόμενη λύση στην ενεργειακή κρίση και στο πρόβλημα της κλιματικής αλλαγής. Αυτή η διαδικασία περιλαμβάνειτην αναγωγή των πρωτονίων του νερού σε μοριακό υδρογόνο στην επιφάνεια ενός ημιαγώγιμου καταλύτη. Από την άλλη πλευρά, τα περιβαλλοντικά προβλήματα των υδάτων οφείλονται κυρίως στη ρύπανση του νερού που προκαλείται από ιδιαίτερα τοξικά και καρκινογόνα μεταλλικά ιόντα, όπως το εξασθενές χρώμιο (Cr(VI)). Για το λόγο αυτό, καταφέραμε να συνθέσουμε νανο-ετεροδομές MoS2/g-C3N4 ντοπαρισμένες με Ni, καθώς και νανο-ετεροδομές SnS2/g-C3N4 που επιδεικνύουν υψηλή φωτοκαταλυτική δράση στην αναγωγή του Cr(VI) στην πολύ λιγότερο τοξική μορφή χρωμίου, Cr(III). Ένα αξιοσημείωτο σημείο αυτών των καταλυτικών συστημάτων είναι ότι όλες οι αντιδράσεις φωτοχημικής αναγωγής πραγματοποιήθηκαν σε υδατικά διαλύματα Cr(VI) χωρίς την παρουσία θυσιαζόμενων ενώσεων ως δοτών ηλεκτρονίων. Όλες οι παραπάνω ετεροσυνδέσεις μπορούν να διευκολύνουν τον υψηλό ρυθμό διαχωρισμού και μεταφοράς των φωτοεπαγόμενων φορέων φορτίου, επιδεικνύοντας βελτιωμένη καταλυτική συμπεριφορά έναντι των μακροσκοπικών αναλόγων τους στην παραγωγή υδρογόνου καθώς και στην αναγωγή του εξασθενούς χρωμίου. Οι φωτοκαταλυτικές αντιδράσεις πραγματοποιήθηκαν με τη χρήση οικονομικά αποδοτικών και φιλικών προς το περιβάλλον αντιδραστηρίων και τη χρήση ανανεώσιμων πηγών ενέργειας για την επίλυση βασικών ενεργειακών και περιβαλλοντικών προκλήσεων.

scholarly journals Nitrogen-doped Carbon Nanospheres-Modified Graphitic Carbon Nitride with Outstanding Photocatalytic Activity

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiaoran Liu ◽  
Hao Tian ◽  
Zhenghua Dai ◽  
Hongqi Sun ◽  
Jian Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Remediation ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Carbon Nitride ◽  
Graphitic Carbon ◽  
Graphitic Carbon Nitride ◽  
Carbon Nanospheres ◽  
Electron Hole ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Nitrogen Doped ◽  
Nitrogen Doped Carbon

AbstractMetals and metal oxides are widely used as photo/electro-catalysts for environmental remediation. However, there are many issues related to these metal-based catalysts for practical applications, such as high cost and detrimental environmental impact due to metal leaching. Carbon-based catalysts have the potential to overcome these limitations. In this study, monodisperse nitrogen-doped carbon nanospheres (NCs) were synthesized and loaded onto graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4, GCN) via a facile hydrothermal method for photocatalytic removal of sulfachloropyridazine (SCP). The prepared metal-free GCN-NC exhibited remarkably enhanced efficiency in SCP degradation. The nitrogen content in NC critically influences the physicochemical properties and performances of the resultant hybrids. The optimum nitrogen doping concentration was identified at 6.0 wt%. The SCP removal rates can be improved by a factor of 4.7 and 3.2, under UV and visible lights, by the GCN-NC composite due to the enhanced charge mobility and visible light harvesting. The mechanism of the improved photocatalytic performance and band structure alternation were further investigated by density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The DFT results confirm the high capability of the GCN-NC hybrids to activate the electron–hole pairs by reducing the band gap energy and efficiently separating electron/hole pairs. Superoxide and hydroxyl radicals are subsequently produced, leading to the efficient SCP removal.

scholarly journals Dual-defect-modified graphitic carbon nitride with boosted photocatalytic activity under visible light

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hideyuki Katsumata ◽  
Fumiya Higashi ◽  
Yuya Kobayashi ◽  
Ikki Tateishi ◽  
Mai Furukawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Photocatalytic Activity ◽  
Visible Light ◽  
Environmental Remediation ◽  
Carbon Nitride ◽  
Order Rate Constant ◽  
Graphitic Carbon ◽  
Graphitic Carbon Nitride ◽  
Strong Electron ◽  
Efficient Charge

Abstract The development of photocatalysts that efficiently degrade organic pollutants is an important environmental-remediation objective. To that end, we report a strategy for the ready fabrication of oxygen-doped graphitic carbon nitride (CN) with engendered nitrogen deficiencies. The addition of KOH and oxalic acid during the thermal condensation of urea led to a material that exhibits a significantly higher pseudo-first-order rate constant for the degradation of bisphenol A (BPA) (0.0225 min−1) compared to that of CN (0.00222 min−1). The enhanced photocatalytic activity for the degradation of BPA exhibited by the dual-defect-modified CN (Bt-OA-CN) is ascribable to a considerable red-shift in its light absorption compared to that of CN, as well as its modulated energy band structure and more-efficient charge separation. Furthermore, we confirmed that the in-situ-formed cyano groups in the Bt-OA-CN photocatalyst act as strong electron-withdrawing groups that efficiently separate and transfer photo-generated charge carriers to the surface of the photocatalyst. This study provides novel insight into the in-situ dual-defect strategy for g-C3N4, which is extendable to the modification of other photocatalysts; it also introduces Bt-OA-CN as a potential highly efficient visible-light-responsive photocatalyst for use in environmental-remediation applications.

Enhanced Photocatalytic Degradation Activity of 2-D Graphitic Carbon Nitride-SnO2 Nanohybrids

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 3576-3582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiran Preethi Kirubakaran ◽  
Sakthivel Thangavel ◽  
Gouthami Nallamuthu ◽  
Vinesh Vasudevan ◽  
Priya Arul Selvi Ramasubramanian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Photocatalytic Activity ◽  
Environmental Remediation ◽  
Carbon Nitride ◽  
Waste Water Treatment ◽  
Sol Gel ◽  
Point Contact ◽  
Order Rate Constant ◽  
Graphitic Carbon ◽  
Graphitic Carbon Nitride ◽  
Potential Applications

In this paper, we report on the facile synthesis of graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4)-tin oxide (SnO2) nanohybrid as an efficient photocatalyst prepared via sol–gel method. SnO2 nanoparticles are pointcontacted with g-C3N4. The results of physio-chemical characterizations such as SEM-EDAX, XRD, BET, FT-IR and UV-DRS spectra reveal the successful formation and integration of nanohybrid. The photocatalytic activity has been studied by using methylene-blue as a model dye for degradation. It has been observed that the pseudo-first order rate constant was increased up to 1.78 times compared with pure SnO2. The enhanced photocatalytic activity was ascribed from the inhibition of electron–hole recombination where g-C3N4 nanosheets acts as an electron receiver from SnO2 via point contact. This mechanism is further verified via photoluminescence spectra. Our results prominently show new insights and potential applications of g-C3N4-SnO2 nanohybrids in the waste water treatment and environmental remediation sectors.

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