Mahmoud Kamal Hussien, Amr Sabbah, Mohammad Qorbani, Raghunath Putikam, Septia Kholimatussadiah, Der-Lii M Tzou, Mohamed Hammad Elsayed, Yu-Jung Lu, Yen-Yu Wang, Xing-Hao Lee, Tsai-Yu Lin, Nguyen Quoc Thang, Heng-Liang Wu, Shu-Chih Haw, Kevin C-W Wu, Ming-Chang Lin, Kuei-Hsien Chen, Li-Chyong Chen
The lack of intrinsic active sites for photocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2 RR) and fast recombination rate of charge carriers are the main obstacles to achieving high photocatalytic activity. In this work, a novel phosphorus and boron binary-doped graphitic carbon nitride, highly porous material that exhibits powerful photocatalytic CO2 reduction activity, specifically toward selective CO generation, is disclosed. The coexistence of Lewis-acidic and Lewis-basic sites plays a key role in tuning the electronic structure, promoting charge distribution, extending light-harvesting ability, and promoting dissociation of excitons into active carriers...
April 19, 2024: Small