A Tour-Guide through Carbon Nitride-Land: Structure- and Dimensionality-Dependent Properties for Photo(Electro)Chemical Energy Conversion and Storage

Vincent Wing hei Lau, Bettina V. Lotsch

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摘要

Despite the explosion in the number of publications on the graphitic carbon nitride family of materials, much still remains unknown about their structure and the underlying properties responsible for their various applications. This critical review covers the state-of-the-art in the understanding of their structure–property–photocatalysis relationship, from their molecular constituents to stacking as a (quasi) two-dimensional structure, highlighting the areas in which there is wide agreement and those still unresolved. This review first recounts how the structural understanding of these materials has evolved since the 19th century, followed by a commentary on the best practice for unambiguously characterizing their molecular structure and two-dimensional stacking arrangements. The recent literature is then examined to elucidate how individual molecular moieties affect their various material properties, particularly their chemical and opto–electronic properties, carrier dynamics, and catalytic reactivity, and how their use for energy applications can be impacted by the structural features across each dimension. Lastly, the translation of the aforementioned fundamental insights to rational molecular design is demonstrated, highlighting the synthesis of heptazine-based materials for order-of-magnitude improvement in photocatalytic reactivity, as well as the unusual phenomenon of stabilization of light-induced electrons, an effect currently exploited for a new paradigm in solar energy storage.

原文English
文章編號2101078
期刊Advanced Energy Materials
12
發行號4
DOIs
出版狀態Published - 2022 1月 27

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • 可再生能源、永續發展與環境
  • 一般材料科學

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