Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, volume 173, pages 113110

Synthesis and modification of ultrathin g-C3N4 for photocatalytic energy and environmental applications

Haoming Huang ¹

Longbo Jiang ¹

Jinjuan Yang ¹

Shuwei Zhou ¹

Xingzhong Yuan ¹

Jie Liang ¹

Hou-Yu Wang ¹

Hui Wang ^{1, 2}

Yuanqing Bu ^{3, 4}

Hui Li ⁵

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College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University and Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, China |

Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, London, WC1E 7JE, UK |

Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China |

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State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Pesticide Environmental Assessment and Pollution Control,Nanjing Institute of Environmental Science,Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210042, China |

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State Key Laboratory of Utilization of Woody Oil Resource, Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha 410004, China |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2023-03-01

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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2022.113110

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Nanostructured heterogeneous photocatalysts process represent attractive strategies to convert directly solar energy to chemical energy, which is important to address the increasing challenges of clean energy and environmental issues. Graphitic carbon nitride, as a metal-free photocatalyst with a suitable bandgap, has played an irreplaceable role in energy and environmental fields. Ultrathin g-C3N4 (UCN) with few layers owns a larger specific area for more reactive sites and intimate interface contact possibility, which provides more function modifications for overcoming inherent drawbacks to realize target-specific applications. In the last few years, developments have been witnessed in the studies of UCN with different synthesis methods or further modifications in photocatalytic energy and environmental application. This review first comprehensively summarized two synthetic approaches of UCN, namely, top-down exfoliation approaches and bottom-up molecular assembly approaches. Then, various modification strategies of UCN including element doping, introduction of vacancies and formation of heterostructure were elaborated for multifarious photocatalytic applications. The roles of UCN in diversiform applications and specific mechanisms are detailly discussed. Finally, on account of clear cognition and a general overview of the state of UCN, the promising direction of designing and application of UCN was emphasized based on the existing opportunities and challenges.

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TY - JOUR

DO - 10.1016/j.rser.2022.113110

UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2022.113110

TI - Synthesis and modification of ultrathin g-C3N4 for photocatalytic energy and environmental applications

T2 - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

AU - Huang, Haoming

AU - Jiang, Longbo

AU - Yang, Jinjuan

AU - Zhou, Shuwei

AU - Yuan, Xingzhong

AU - Liang, Jie

AU - Wang, Hou-Yu

AU - Wang, Hui

AU - Bu, Yuanqing

AU - Li, Hui

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DA - 2023/03/01 00:00:00

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VL - 173

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@article{2023_Huang,

author = {Haoming Huang and Longbo Jiang and Jinjuan Yang and Shuwei Zhou and Xingzhong Yuan and Jie Liang and Hou-Yu Wang and Hui Wang and Yuanqing Bu and Hui Li},

title = {Synthesis and modification of ultrathin g-C3N4 for photocatalytic energy and environmental applications},

journal = {Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews},

year = {2023},

volume = {173},

publisher = {Elsevier},

month = {mar},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2022.113110},

pages = {113110},

doi = {10.1016/j.rser.2022.113110}

}

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