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Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanospheres-Modified Graphitic Carbon Nitride With Outstanding Photocatalytic Activity, Qiaoran Liu, Hao Tian, Zhenghua Dai, Hongqi Sun, Jian Liu, Zhimin Ao, Shaobin Wang, Chen Han, Shaomin Liu
Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanospheres-Modified Graphitic Carbon Nitride With Outstanding Photocatalytic Activity, Qiaoran Liu, Hao Tian, Zhenghua Dai, Hongqi Sun, Jian Liu, Zhimin Ao, Shaobin Wang, Chen Han, Shaomin Liu
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
Metals and metal oxides are widely used as photo/electro-catalysts for environmental remediation. However, there are many issues related to these metal-based catalysts for practical applications, such as high cost and detrimental environmental impact due to metal leaching. Carbon-based catalysts have the potential to overcome these limitations. In this study, monodisperse nitrogen-doped carbon nanospheres (NCs) were synthesized and loaded onto graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4, GCN) via a facile hydrothermal method for photocatalytic removal of sulfachloropyridazine (SCP). The prepared metal-free GCN-NC exhibited remarkably enhanced efficiency in SCP degradation. The nitrogen content in NC critically influences the physicochemical properties and performances of the …
Rational Catalyst Design For N2 Reduction Under Ambient Conditions: Strategies Towards Enhanced Conversion Efficiency, Lei Shi, Yu Yin, Shaobin Wang, Hongqi Sun
Rational Catalyst Design For N2 Reduction Under Ambient Conditions: Strategies Towards Enhanced Conversion Efficiency, Lei Shi, Yu Yin, Shaobin Wang, Hongqi Sun
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
Ammonia (NH3), one of the basic chemicals in most fertilizers and a promising carbon-free energy storage carrier, is typically synthesized via the Haber–Bosch process with high energy consumption and massive emission of greenhouse gases. The photo/electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) under ambient conditions has attracted increasing interests recently, providing alternative routes to realize green NH3 synthesis. Despite rapid advances achieved in this most attractive research field, the unsatisfactory conversion efficiency including a low NH3 yield rate, and limited Faradaic efficiency or apparent quantum efficiency still remains as a great challenge. The NRR performance is intrinsically related …