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A Strategy of Enhancing the Photoactivity of g-C3N4 via Doping of Nonmetal Elements: A First-Principles Study
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In this article, an effective structural doping approach has been described to modify the photoelectrochemical properties of g-C3N4 by doping with nonmetal (sulfur or phosphorus) impurities.Abstract:
An effective structural doping approach has been described to modify the photoelectrochemical properties of g-C3N4 by doping with nonmetal (sulfur or phosphorus) impurities. Here, the substitutional and interstitial doped models of g-C3N4 systems were constructed with different doped sites, and then their dopant formation energies and electronic properties were performed to study the stability and visible-light photoactivity using first-principles density functional theory, respectively. Our results have identified that an S atom preferentially substitutes for the edge N atom of g-C3N4; however, a P atom preferentially situates the interstitial sites of in-planar of g-C3N4. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that the doping with nonmetal impurities reduces the energy gap to enhance the visible-light absorption of g-C3N4. The increased dispersion of the contour distribution of the HOMO and LUMO brought by doping facilitates the enhancement of the carrier mobility, while the noncoplanar HOMO and LUMO favor the...read more
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Adsorption investigation of CO2 on g-C3N4 surface by DFT calculation
TL;DR: In this paper, the CO2 adsorption ability of graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) was evaluated by first-principle calculation, and the results showed that CO2 molecule preferred to adsorb at the two-coordinated nitrogen atom, which contributed to both valance band and conduction band edge.
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Consciously Constructing the Robust NiS/g-C3N4 Hybrids for Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution
TL;DR: In this paper, the robust NiS modified graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) hybrid was successfully synthesized by a facile surface photochemical deposition process.
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Insight into the effect of co-doped to the photocatalytic performance and electronic structure of g-C3N4 by first principle
TL;DR: In this article, a two-dimensional photocatalyst of Co-doped g-C3N4 (Co-CN) was designed and synthesized for photocatalytic reactions for 2-Mercaptobenzothiazole degradation.
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A comparison of graphitic carbon nitrides synthesized from different precursors through pyrolysis
TL;DR: In this article, two precursors, melamine and urea, were used to prepare graphitic carbon nitride through a thermal decomposition (pyrolysis) method.
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Controllable Synthesis of Mesoporous Sulfur-Doped Carbon Nitride Materials for Enhanced Visible Light Photocatalytic Degradation.
TL;DR: Among bulk graphitic carbon nitride samples, the optimized MCNS-4 illustrated the highest photocatalytic activity toward the removal of MO under visible light irradiation and revealed high reusability and stability without any significant decrease in its efficiency.
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