Recent Advances of Graphitic Carbon Nitride-Based Structures and Applications in Catalyst, Sensing, Imaging, and LEDs

Aiwu Wang; Chundong Wang; Li Fu; Winnie Wong-Ng; Yucheng Lan

doi:10.1007/s40820-017-0148-2

Recent Advances of Graphitic Carbon Nitride-Based Structures and Applications in Catalyst, Sensing, Imaging, and LEDs

Aiwu Wang, Chundong Wang^*, Li Fu, Winnie Wong-Ng, Yucheng Lan^*

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Centre of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films

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Abstract

The graphitic carbon nitride (g-C₃N₄) which is a two-dimensional conjugated polymer has drawn broad interdisciplinary attention as a low-cost, metal-free, and visible-light-responsive photocatalyst in the area of environmental remediation. The g-C₃N₄-based materials have excellent electronic band structures, electron-rich properties, basic surface functionalities, high physicochemical stabilities and are “earth-abundant.” This review summarizes the latest progress related to the design and construction of g-C₃N₄-based materials and their applications including catalysis, sensing, imaging, and white-light-emitting diodes. An outlook on possible further developments in g-C₃N₄-based research for emerging properties and applications is also included.

Original language	English
Article number	47
Journal	Nano-Micro Letters
Volume	9
Issue number	4
Online published	8 Jun 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-017-0148-2
Publication status	Published - Oct 2017

Research Keywords

Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4)
Catalysis
Sensing
Imaging
LED
PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN EVOLUTION
VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION
METAL-FREE ELECTROCATALYST
OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION
QUANTUM DOTS
POROUS G-C3N4
COMPOSITE PHOTOCATALYSTS
DOPED G-C3N4
POLYMERIC PHOTOCATALYST
ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE

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