Graphitic carbon nitride materials: controllable synthesis and applications in fuel cells and photocatalysis
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2012
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Zheng, Y.
Liu, J.
Liang, J.
Jaroniec, M.
Qiao, S.
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Energy and Environmental Science, 2012; 5(5):6717-6731
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Yao Zheng, Jian Liu, Ji Liang, Mietek Jaroniec and Shi Zhang Qiao
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Graphitic carbon nitrides (g-C<inf>3</inf>N<inf>4</inf>) are becoming increasingly significant due to the theoretical prediction of their unusual properties and promising applications ranging from photocatalysis, heterogeneous catalysis, to fuel cells. Recently, a variety of nanostructured and nanoporous g-C<inf>3</inf>N<inf>4</inf> materials have been developed for a wide range of new applications. This feature article gives, at first, an overview on the synthesis of g-C<inf>3</inf>N<inf>4</inf> nanomaterials with controllable structure and morphology, and secondly, presents and categorizes applications of g-C<inf>3</inf>N<inf>4</inf> as multifunctional metal-free catalysts for environmental protection, energy conversion and storage. A special emphasis is placed on the potential applications of nanostructured g-C<inf>3</inf>N <inf>4</inf> in the areas of artificial photocatalysis for hydrogen production, oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) for fuel cells, and metal-free heterogeneous catalysis. Finally, this perspective highlights crucial issues that should be addressed in the future in the aforementioned exciting research areas. © 2012 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
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© The Royal Society of Chemistry 2012