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Progress in Chemistry 2015, Vol. 27 Issue (1): 38-46 DOI: 10.7536/PC140823 Previous Articles   Next Articles

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Graphitic Carbon Nitride Compound Photocatalyst

Qi Yuehong, Liu Li*, Liang Yinghua, Hu Jinshan, Cui Wenquan*   

  1. College of Chemical Engineering, Hebei United University, Hebei Provincial Key Laboratory of Inorganic Nonmetallic Materials, Tangshan 063009, China
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    The work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51172063, 51202056, 51372068), the Hebei Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholars (No. B2014209304), the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (No. E2012401070) and the Hebei Provincial Foundation for Returned Scholars.

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Utilizing photocatalysis technology to convert solar energy into chemical energy or direct degradation and mineralization of organic pollutants is a long-term solution to solve the problem of energy shortage and environmental pollution. Polymer type graphite carbon nitride (g-C3N4) possesses a similar structure with graphene and has been attracted widespread attention as a novel photocatalyst for the light catalytic conversion of solar energy due to its excellent chemical stability and unique electronic band structure. Moreover, the g-C3N4 can be used as a low-cost, stable and metal-free visible-light-driven photocatalyst in the degradation of pollutants, water splitting for hydrogen and oxygen evolution and organic synthesis, as the precursors of g-C3N4 are inexpensive and the synthesis is comparatively simple. Many efforts are still needed to overcome the limitation of fast recombination for pure g-C3N4 in practical application. In this review, recent research progress for g-C3N4 has been reviewed, including metal/non-mental doping, semiconductor coupling, depositing with metals. In addition, the catalytic mechanism for the g-C3N4-based composite is also reviewed.

Contents
1 Introduction
2 g-C3N4-metal composites photocatalyst
3 g-C3N4-oxide composites photocatalyst
4 g-C3N4-sulfide composites photocatalyst
5 g-C3N4-bismuth compounds composites photocatalyst
6 g-C3N4-carbon composites photocatalyst
7 Other g-C3N4 composites photocatalyst
8 Conclusion

Key words: photocatalysis, g-C3N4, semiconductors, composites

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