Graphitic carbon nitride based nanocomposites for the photocatalysis of organic contaminants under visible irradiation: Progress, limitations and future directions

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 633; pp. 546 - 559
• Main Authors: Xu, Bentuo, Ahmed, Mohammad Boshir, Zhou, John L., Altaee, Ali, Xu, Gang, Wu, Minghong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.08.2018
• Subjects: absorption; carbon nitride; Co-doping; dissolved organic matter; dissolved oxygen; energy efficiency; environmental factors; g-C3N4 photocatalyst; graphene; Immobilization; irradiation; methyl orange; Morphology; nanocomposites; Photocatalysis; photocatalysts; photolysis; potassium; solar radiation; surface area; temperature; titanium dioxide; wastewater; wastewater treatment; water pollution; Immobilization; Photocatalysis; Morphology; g-C3N4 photocatalyst; Co-doping; g-CN photocatalyst

Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) has drawn great attention recently because of its visible light response, suitable energy band gap, good redox ability, and metal-free nature. g-C3N4 can absorb visible light directly, therefore has better photocatalytic ability under solar irradiation and is more e...