TY - JOUR
T1 - Single molecular precursors for CxNy materials- Blending of carbon and nitrogen beyond g-C3N4
AU - Kumar, Sunil
AU - Battula, Venugopala Rao
AU - Kailasam, Kamalakannan
N1 - Funding Information:
V. R. Battula thanks INST Mohali for the financial support. Dr. S. Kumar and Dr K. Kailasam thank DST- Nano Mission NATDP funded Technology Project , File No. SR/NM/NT-06/2016 for the financial support.
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© 2021 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2021/10/15
Y1 - 2021/10/15
N2 - Carbon nitride is considered as one of the oldest carbon-based material but a little was known about the structure and properties until the beginning of 21st century. The extensive synthetic and structural validation has changed the course of the journey of this wonder material. Presently, this material has found its application in physics, chemistry and biology. The most stable composition with carbon and nitrogen in graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) is C:N = 0.75 where the unique attraction is the content of nitrogen and its relationship to the optical and semiconducting properties. Current investigations are in support that the C:N stoichiometry can be varied which plays a major role to control the semiconducting properties of the resulting carbon nitrides in CxNy (x,y: number of carbon and nitrogen). A wide range of C:N materials starting from single molecular precursors has extended the boundaries of carbon nitrides beyond C:N = 0.75 and has brought these nitrogenous carbons to life again. These CxNy materials can be produced with varying nitrogen content for favorable energy related and other applications. This review will discuss the synthesis of various carbon nitrides (CxNy) starting from single molecular precursors and their intrinsic catalytic and photocatalytic features along with the problems and wide opportunities for the benefit of researchers.
AB - Carbon nitride is considered as one of the oldest carbon-based material but a little was known about the structure and properties until the beginning of 21st century. The extensive synthetic and structural validation has changed the course of the journey of this wonder material. Presently, this material has found its application in physics, chemistry and biology. The most stable composition with carbon and nitrogen in graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) is C:N = 0.75 where the unique attraction is the content of nitrogen and its relationship to the optical and semiconducting properties. Current investigations are in support that the C:N stoichiometry can be varied which plays a major role to control the semiconducting properties of the resulting carbon nitrides in CxNy (x,y: number of carbon and nitrogen). A wide range of C:N materials starting from single molecular precursors has extended the boundaries of carbon nitrides beyond C:N = 0.75 and has brought these nitrogenous carbons to life again. These CxNy materials can be produced with varying nitrogen content for favorable energy related and other applications. This review will discuss the synthesis of various carbon nitrides (CxNy) starting from single molecular precursors and their intrinsic catalytic and photocatalytic features along with the problems and wide opportunities for the benefit of researchers.
KW - And Hydrogen evolution
KW - C/N ratio
KW - Carbon nitride
KW - Electronic band structure
KW - G-CN
KW - Single molecular precursors
KW - Surface basicity
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U2 - 10.1016/j.carbon.2021.07.025
DO - 10.1016/j.carbon.2021.07.025
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85110407100
SN - 0008-6223
VL - 183
SP - 332
EP - 354
JO - Carbon
JF - Carbon
ER -