Highly efficient pollutant removal of graphitic carbon nitride by the synergistic effect of adsorption and photocatalytic degradation

Abstract

Environmental remediation based on semiconducting materials offers a green solution for pollution control in water. Herein, we report a novel graphitic carbon nitride (g-C₃N₄) by one-step polycondensation of urea. The novel g-C₃N₄ material with a surface area of 114 m² g⁻¹ allowed the repetitive adsorption of the rhodamine B (RhB) dye and facilitated its complete photocatalytic degradation upon light irradiation in 20 min. This study provides new insights into the fabrication of g-C₃N₄-based materials and facilitates their potential application in the synergistic removal of harmful organic pollutants in the field of water purification.