Internal electric field in carbon nitride-based heterojunctions for photocatalysis
Southeast University · Nanjing Normal University · +6 more institutions
Abstract
Carbon nitride is one of the most promising metal-free photocatalysts to harvest solar light for energy conversion and pollutant treatment. Unfortunately, its photocatalytic performance is impeded by the sluggish charge carriers due to the high symmetry of unit cells of chemical structure. Fabrication of an internal electric field (IEF) in carbon nitride-based photocatalysts is evidenced to be a productive strategy to actuate the fast separation of photo-excited charge carriers and navigate their migrations to active sites for high apparent quantum efficiency (AQE) and throughputs. In the current work, a comprehensive review of IEF in different types of carbon nitride-based heterojunctions will be well…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 13.22
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 196
Authors
10- ADAixin Deng
Southeast University, Nanjing Normal University
- YSYue Sun
Nanjing Normal University
- ZGZhanqi Gao
Guangdong Province Environmental Monitoring Center
- SYShaogui Yang
Nanjing Normal University
- YLYazi LiuCorresponding
Nanjing University, Curtin University, Nanjing Normal University, State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, University of Adelaide
Topics & keywords
- Carbon nitride
- Heterojunction
- Photocatalysis
- Materials science
- Nitride
- Charge carrier
- Nanotechnology
- Graphitic carbon nitride
- Affordable and clean energy