Journal of Materials Science and Technology, volume 56, pages 1-17

Recent advances in g-C3N4-based heterojunction photocatalysts

Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2020-11-01
Quartile SCImago
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Quartile WOS
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Impact factor10.9
ISSN10050302
Materials Chemistry
Metals and Alloys
Ceramics and Composites
Polymers and Plastics
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanics of Materials
Abstract
Semiconductor heterojunction photocatalysts have received much concern due to their great application prospect in solar energy utilization and conversion. Rational construction of heterostructure with two or more semiconductor materials can integrate the advantages of multi-components to simultaneously improve the photo-induced charges separation, extend visible light absorption range and retain the high redox ability of photocatalysts. Recently, constructing of g-C3N4-based heterostructure has become a hot focus due to the multiple merits of g-C3N4, such as facile synthesis, high stability, unique optical and electronic characteristics. This review tries to give a comprehensive introduction and provide the possible tendency in design and fabrication of g-C3N4-based heterojunction photocatalysts, especially in rational synthesis of type-II heterojunction, direct Z-scheme heterojunction, new type of S-scheme heterojunction, p-n heterojunction and Schottky heterojunction. Furthermore, the special charges transfer mechanisms of g-C3N4-based heterojunctions are discussed and their potential applications in photocatalytic water splitting, photo-degradation of contaminants and photo-reduction of CO2 into fuels are also summarized. Finally, we attempt to propose some crucial issues based on the current research, which should be further investigated and resolved in this interesting research area.

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Li Y. et al. Recent advances in g-C3N4-based heterojunction photocatalysts // Journal of Materials Science and Technology. 2020. Vol. 56. pp. 1-17.
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Li Y., Zhou M., CHENG B., Shao Y. Recent advances in g-C3N4-based heterojunction photocatalysts // Journal of Materials Science and Technology. 2020. Vol. 56. pp. 1-17.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1016/j.jmst.2020.04.028
UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmst.2020.04.028
TI - Recent advances in g-C3N4-based heterojunction photocatalysts
T2 - Journal of Materials Science and Technology
AU - Li, Yunfeng
AU - Zhou, Minghua
AU - CHENG, BEI
AU - Shao, Yan
PY - 2020
DA - 2020/11/01 00:00:00
PB - Springer Nature
SP - 1-17
VL - 56
SN - 1005-0302
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@article{2020_Li,
author = {Yunfeng Li and Minghua Zhou and BEI CHENG and Yan Shao},
title = {Recent advances in g-C3N4-based heterojunction photocatalysts},
journal = {Journal of Materials Science and Technology},
year = {2020},
volume = {56},
publisher = {Springer Nature},
month = {nov},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmst.2020.04.028},
pages = {1--17},
doi = {10.1016/j.jmst.2020.04.028}
}
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