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Recent advances of graphitic carbon nitride in applications: catalyst, sensing, imaging, and energy conversion
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Author(s)
Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Aiwu Wang, Chundong Wang, Yucheng Lan, Li Fu
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, elec-tron-rich properties, basic surface functionalities, high physicochemical stabilities, and are earth-abun-dant. 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 light-emitting-diodes. An outlook on possible further developments in g-C3N4 based research for emerging properties and applications is also included
Wong-Ng, W.
, Wang, A.
, Wang, C.
, Lan, Y.
and Fu, L.
(2017),
Recent advances of graphitic carbon nitride in applications: catalyst, sensing, imaging, and energy conversion, Nano-Micro Letters, [online], https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-017-0148-2
(Accessed October 14, 2025)