Graphitic carbon nitride “reloaded”: emerging applications beyond (photo)catalysis
Northwestern University · Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces · +5 more institutions
Abstract
Despite being one of the oldest materials described in the chemical literature, graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) has just recently experienced a renaissance as a highly active photocatalyst, and the metal-free polymer was shown to be able to generate hydrogen under visible light. The semiconductor nature of g-C3N4 has triggered tremendous endeavors on its structural manipulation for enhanced photo(electro)chemical performance, aiming at an affordable clean energy future. While pursuing the stem of g-C3N4 related catalysis (photocatalysis, electrocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis), a number of emerging intrinsic properties of g-C3N4 are certainly interesting, but less well covered, and we believe that these…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 33.45
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 92
Authors
3- JLJian LiuCorresponding
Northwestern University, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
- HWHongqiang WangCorresponding
University of Liverpool, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China XD Group (China), Nano Energy (South Africa), State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing
- MAMarkus Antonietti
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Topics & keywords
- Graphitic carbon nitride
- The Renaissance
- Electrocatalyst
- Nitride
- Carbon nitride
- Nanotechnology
- Carbon fibers
- Materials science