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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Jiang, Longbo
• Yuan, Xingzhong
• Zeng, Guangming
• Liang, Jie
• Wu, Zhibin
• Wang, Hou

Titel

Construction of an all-solid-state Z-scheme photocatalyst based on graphite carbon nitride and its enhancement to catalytic activity

Ist Teil von

• Environmental science. Nano, 2018, Vol.5 (3), p.599-615

Ort / Verlag

Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Photocatalysis is a promising technology that can contribute to energy conversion and environmental remediation. Nowadays, the major focus in photocatalysis is the fabrication and development of photocatalytic materials. Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C 3 N 4 ) has attracted intensive attention because of its low cost, facile preparation, high chemical stability, and non-toxicity. However, it is difficult for pristine g-C 3 N 4 to simultaneously have wide absorption range, high stability, efficient charge separation and strong redox ability, which limits its practical applications. In this review, an artificial g-C 3 N 4 -based Z-scheme photocatalyst that simulates natural photosynthesis is presented and thoroughly discussed in terms of the design, preparation, and applications. In particular, the all-solid-state g-C 3 N 4 -based Z-scheme system, without reversible redox mediators, has been extensively applied in water splitting, CO 2 conversion, and pollutant degradation. Typically, metal oxides, metal sulfides, bismuth-based photocatalytic semiconductors and silver-based photocatalytic semiconductors have been explored for the design of Z-scheme systems with g-C 3 N 4 to enhance the photocatalytic activity by widening the light absorption, facilitating the charge separation, promoting the redox ability and prolonging the charge carrier lifetime. The challenges and prospects for the design and application of g-C 3 N 4 -based Z-scheme photocatalysts are also proposed. This review highlights an artificial g-C 3 N 4 -based Z-scheme photocatalyst that simulates natural photosynthesis; the design, preparation and applications are presented.