Carbon-doped BN nanosheets for metal-free photoredox catalysis
Fuzhou University · Max Planck Society · +1 more institution
Abstract
The generation of sustainable and stable semiconductors for solar energy conversion by photoredox catalysis, for example, light-induced water splitting and carbon dioxide reduction, is a key challenge of modern materials chemistry. Here we present a simple synthesis of a ternary semiconductor, boron carbon nitride, and show that it can catalyse hydrogen or oxygen evolution from water as well as carbon dioxide reduction under visible light illumination. The ternary B-C-N alloy features a delocalized two-dimensional electron system with sp(2) carbon incorporated in the h-BN lattice where the bandgap can be adjusted by the amount of incorporated carbon to produce unique functions. Such sustainable photocatalysts…
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8Topics & keywords
- Carbon nitride
- Materials science
- Ternary operation
- Carbon fibers
- Delocalized electron
- Semiconductor
- Solar fuel
- Photocatalysis