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Mini-Review Article

A Mini-review on Nanostructured g-C3N4 Photocatalysts for Solar Fuel Production

Author(s): Maxwell Selase Akple* and Gabriel Kwame Sipi Takyi

Volume 12, Issue 2, 2022

Published on: 14 February, 2022

Article ID: e301221199679 Pages: 12

DOI: 10.2174/2210681212666211230125315

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Abstract

Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) is an important photocatalytic material that is receiving a lot of research attention globally due to its favourable thermal and chemical stability as well as electronic band structure. However, the photocatalytic performance of the bulk g-C3N4 is limited by fast recombination of electron-hole pair and poor visible light-harvesting ability. Thus, different strategies, such as heterostructuring, nanotuning, doping, etc., have been adopted to overcome the aforementioned challenges to enhance the photocatalytic performance of g-C3N4. In recent times, various nanostructured g-C3N4 photocatalytic materials with various tuned morphologies have been designed and fabricated in literature for different photocatalytic activities. This mini-review summarized the progress development of nanostructured g-C3N4 photocatalysts with various tuned morphologies for solar fuel generation. This article briefly highlights the research status of various g-C3N4 with tuned morphologies and enhanced solar fuel generation abilities. Finally, a conclusion and future research were also suggested, opening up new areas on g- C3N4 photocatalysis.

Keywords: g-C3N4, morphologies, solar fuel generation, photocatalysis, nanostructures, recombination.

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