Polymer photocatalysts for solar-to-chemical energy conversion

T Banerjee, F Podjaski, J Kröger, BP Biswal… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Solar-to-chemical energy conversion for the generation of high-energy chemicals is one of
the most viable solutions to the quest for sustainable energy resources. Although long …

A tour‐guide through carbon nitride‐land: structure‐and dimensionality‐dependent properties for photo (electro) chemical energy conversion and storage

VW Lau, BV Lotsch - Advanced Energy Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Rational design of covalent heptazine frameworks with spatially separated redox centers for high‐efficiency photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide production

H Cheng, H Lv, J Cheng, L Wang, X Wu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The redox reaction centers in natural organisms conducting oxygenic photosynthesis are
well arranged in a physically separated manner to convert sunlight into chemical energy …

Ordered Macroporous Carbonous Frameworks Implanted with CdS Quantum Dots for Efficient Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction

F Wang, T Hou, X Zhao, W Yao, R Fang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐driven photocatalytic CO2 reduction is regarded as a promising way to simultaneously
mitigate the energy crisis and CO2 pollution. However, achieving high efficiency of …

Unveiling enhanced dark photocatalysis: Electron storage-enabled hydrogen production in polymeric carbon nitride

L Luo, S Wang, L Zhang, X Xiao, B Wu… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024 - Elsevier
Researchers have successfully replicated light-driven reactions of natural photosynthesis on
semiconductors. However, an important problem limiting practical applications of these …

Potassium Poly (Heptazine Imide): Transition Metal‐Free Solid‐State Triplet Sensitizer in Cascade Energy Transfer and [3+ 2]‐cycloadditions

A Savateev, NV Tarakina, V Strauss… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Polymeric carbon nitride materials have been used in numerous light‐to‐energy conversion
applications ranging from photocatalysis to optoelectronics. For a new application and …

New Strategy for the Persistent Photocatalytic Reduction of U(VI): Utilization and Storage of Solar Energy in K+ and Cyano Co‐Decorated Poly(Heptazine Imide)

J Wang, P Li, Y Wang, Z Liu, D Wang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The photocatalytic conversion of soluble U (VI) into insoluble U (IV) is a robust strategy to
harvest aqueous uranium, but remains challenging owing to the intermittent availability of …

Carbon nitride-based light-driven microswimmers with intrinsic photocharging ability

V Sridhar, F Podjaski, J Kröger… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Controlling autonomous propulsion of microswimmers is essential for targeted drug delivery
and applications of micro/nanomachines in environmental remediation and beyond. Herein …

Enhanced organic photocatalysis in confined flow through a carbon nitride nanotube membrane with conversions in the millisecond regime

Y Zou, K Xiao, Q Qin, JW Shi, T Heil, Y Markushyna… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Bioinspired nanoconfined catalysis has developed to become an important tool for
improving the performance of a wide range of chemical reactions. However, photocatalysis …

Optoelectronics meets optoionics: light storing carbon nitrides and beyond

F Podjaski, BV Lotsch - Advanced Energy Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Known for decades, Liebig's carbon nitrides have evolved into a burgeoning class of
macromolecular semiconductors over the past 10+ years, front and center of many efforts …