Tailoring the Grain Boundary Chemistry of Polymeric Carbon Nitride for Enhanced Solar Hydrogen Production and CO2 Reduction

• Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition Vol. 58; no. 11; pp. 3433 - 3437
• Main Authors: Zhang, Guigang, Li, Guosheng, Heil, Tobias, Zafeiratos, Spiros, Lai, Feili, Savateev, Aleksandr, Antonietti, Markus, Wang, Xinchen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 11.03.2019
• Edition: International ed. in English
• Subjects: Carbon; Carbon dioxide; carbon dioxide reduction; Carbon nitride; Chemical reduction; Grain boundaries; Hydrogen production; Localization; Molten salts; Organic chemistry; Oxidation; photocatalysis; Photosynthesis; polymeric carbon nitride; Potassium chloride; Potassium phosphate; Potassium phosphates; Quantum efficiency; Sodium chloride; Solar energy; Water splitting

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