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Vol. 9 No. 4 (2017)

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

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-017-0148-2
Aiwu Wang
School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
Chundong Wang
School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
Li Fu
Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF) and Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China
Winnie Wong-Ng
Materials Science Measurement Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaitherburg, MD 20899, USA
Yucheng Lan
Department of Physics and Engineering, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD 21251, USA

Corresponding Author: Yucheng Lan

yucheng.lan@morgan.edu

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 9 No. 4 (2017), Article Number: 47

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.


Highlights:


1 The g-C3N4-based materials have excellent electronic band structures, electron-rich properties, basic surface functionalities, high physicochemical stabilities and are “earth-abundant.”
2 Recent progress of g-C3N4-based nanostructures in catalyst, sensing, imaging and LEDs have been discussed in details.
3 An outlook on possible further developments in g-C3N4-based research for emerging properties and applications is also included.

Keywords

Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) Catalysis Sensing Imaging LED
Wang, Aiwu, Chundong Wang, Li Fu, Winnie Wong-Ng, and Yucheng Lan. 2017. “Recent Advances of Graphitic Carbon Nitride-Based Structures and Applications in Catalyst, Sensing, Imaging, and LEDs”. Nano-Micro Letters 9 (4):47. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-017-0148-2.
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