Issue 21, 2023

Multifunctional carbon nitride nanoarchitectures for catalysis

Abstract

Catalysis is at the heart of modern-day chemical and pharmaceutical industries, and there is an urgent demand to develop metal-free, high surface area, and efficient catalysts in a scalable, reproducible and economic manner. Amongst the ever-expanding two-dimensional materials family, carbon nitride (CN) has emerged as the most researched material for catalytic applications due to its unique molecular structure with tunable visible range band gap, surface defects, basic sites, and nitrogen functionalities. These properties also endow it with anchoring capability with a large number of catalytically active sites and provide opportunities for doping, hybridization, sensitization, etc. To make considerable progress in the use of CN as a highly effective catalyst for various applications, it is critical to have an in-depth understanding of its synthesis, structure and surface sites. The present review provides an overview of the recent advances in synthetic approaches of CN, its physicochemical properties, and band gap engineering, with a focus on its exclusive usage in a variety of catalytic reactions, including hydrogen evolution reactions, overall water splitting, water oxidation, CO2 reduction, nitrogen reduction reactions, pollutant degradation, and organocatalysis. While the structural design and band gap engineering of catalysts are elaborated, the surface chemistry is dealt with in detail to demonstrate efficient catalytic performances. Burning challenges in catalytic design and future outlook are elucidated.

Graphical abstract: Multifunctional carbon nitride nanoarchitectures for catalysis

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
12 May 2023
First published
13 Oct 2023

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2023,52, 7602-7664

Multifunctional carbon nitride nanoarchitectures for catalysis

P. Kumar, G. Singh, X. Guan, J. Lee, R. Bahadur, K. Ramadass, P. Kumar, Md. G. Kibria, D. Vidyasagar, J. Yi and A. Vinu, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2023, 52, 7602 DOI: 10.1039/D3CS00213F

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