Ion coordination significantly enhances the photocatalytic activity of graphitic-phase carbon nitride.
Here we report a facile surface modification route, metal ion coordination, to improve the photoactivity of carbon nitride. The metal ions coordinating into the plane of g-C3N4 significantly contribute to a drastic increase of the photocatalytic activity in solar hydrogen production as well as in the photodegradation of organic pollutants.
Eco-Materials and Renewable Energy Research Center (ERERC), College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, No. 22, Hankou Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, P. R. China. yscfei@nju.edu.cn.
Honglin
H
Gao
Shicheng
S
Yan
Jiajia
J
Wang
Zhigang
Z
Zou