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Recent advances on g-C3N4-based Z-scheme photocatalysts for organic pollutant removal

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Construction of an MIL-101(Fe)/layered bimetallic oxide heterojunction for enhanced ciprofloxacin removal

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Augmented photocatalysis induced by 1T-MoS2 bridged 2D/2D MgIn2S4@1T/2H-MoS2 Z-scheme heterojunction: mechanistic insights into H2O2 and H2 evolution

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Degradation of ciprofloxacin by a constitutive g-C3N4/BiOCl heterojunction under a persulfate system

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Carbon-vacancy engineering approach to g-C3N4 for selective 5-hydroxymethylfurfural oxidation coupled with H2O2 production

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Facile construction of CuO/g-C3N4 heterojunctions with promoted photocatalytic hydrogen generation behaviors

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Carbon nitride based photocatalysts for CO2 photoreduction: Recent advances and future perspectives

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A novel eco-benevolent synthesis of BiVO4 nanoparticles using cow urine for antioxidant, anticancer, and photocatalytic activities

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Solar-driven overall water splitting over a S-scheme semiconductor heterojunction of 2D g-C3N4/1D LaNbON2

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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Investigation on the role of graphene-based composites for in photocatalytic degradation of phenol-based compounds in wastewater: a review

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Interfacial Solid-State Mediator-Based Z-Scheme Heterojunction TiO2@Ti3C2/MgIn2S4 Microflower for Efficient Photocatalytic Pharmaceutical Micropollutant Degradation and Hydrogen Generation: Stability, Kinetics, and Mechanistic Insights

Lijarani Biswal, Lopamudra Acharya, Bhagyashree Priyadarshini Mishra, Sarmistha Das, Gayatri Swain and Kulamani Parida

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Bismuth Vanadate Decked Polyaniline Polymeric Nanocomposites: The Robust Photocatalytic Destruction of Microbial and Chemical Toxicants

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A Schottky/Z‐Scheme Hybrid for Augmented Photocatalytic H2 and H2O2 Production

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A critical review on visible light active graphitic carbon nitride (g-CN) based photocatalyst for environment remediation application: A sustainable approach

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Toward Doping in Graphitic Carbon Nitride: Progress and Perspectives on Catalytic Hydrogen Production

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Architecture and Kinetic Studies of Photocatalytic H2O2 Generation and H2 Evolution through Regulation of Spatial Charge Transfer via Z-Scheme Path over a (001) Facet Engineered TiO2@MXene/B-g-C3N4 Ternary Hybrid

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Langmuir, 2023, 39, 957
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A Comprehensive Review on the Boosted Effects of Anion Vacancies in Photocatalytic Solar Water Splitting: Focus on g-C3N4 with Carbon and Nitrogen Vacancies

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Single LiCl-driven synthesis of heptazine-/triazine-based crystalline carbon nitride homojunction for enhanced solar hydrogen evolution

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Facile synthesis of Pd loaded g-C3N4/TiO2 heterojunction catalyst with enhanced photothermal catalytic performance in Suzuki coupling under moderate condition

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Visible light susceptible doped TiO2 photocatalytic systems: An overview

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Hydrogen Evolution Activity of Nitrogen-Rich g-C3–xN4+x Synthesized by Solid–Gas Interface Method

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Polymeric carbon nitride-based semiconductors as a beneficial candidate in photocatalysis diversity: A comprehensive review

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Regulation of charge transfer direction and key steps via Y modification of redox-active sites on borocarbonitride for photocatalytic CO2 reduction

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Graphene based semiconductor oxide photocatalysts for photocatalytic hydrogen (H2) production, a review

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Polymer materials as catalysts for medical, environmental, and energy applications

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Photocatalytic ipso-nitration of bromophenol intermediates on Ag/g-C3N4

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Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 2023, 33, 101077
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ZIF-8 derived porous C, N co-doped ZnO modified B-g-C3N4: A Z-Scheme charge dynamics approach operative towards photocatalytic hydrogen evolution and ciprofloxacin degradation

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Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2023, 436, 114415
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Boosted photocatalytic accomplishment of 3D/2D hierarchical structured Bi4O5I2/g-C3N4 p-n type direct Z-scheme heterojunction towards synchronous elimination of Cr(VI) and tetracycline

Subhasish Mishra, Lopamudra Acharya, Barsha Marandi, Kali Sanjay and Rashmi Acharya

Diamond and Related Materials, 2024, 142, 110834
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Designing g-C3N4/NiFe2O4 S-scheme heterojunctions for efficient photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B and tetracycline hydrochloride

Subhasish Mishra, Lopamudra Acharya, S. Sharmila, Kali Sanjay and Rashmi Acharya

Applied Surface Science Advances, 2024, 24, 100647
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Highly efficient photocatalytic degradation of refractory organic pollutants onto designed boron nitride: Morphology control and oxygen doping

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Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023, 429, 139532
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Montmorillonite-based photoresponsive microcapsules for efficient removal of chromium

Edward Opong Acheampong, Ke Wang, Rui Lv, Sen Lin, Shiyong Sun, Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Golubev, Elena Leonidovna Kotova and Olga Borisovna Kotova

J Radioanal Nucl Chem, 2023, 332, 3675
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Nanoarchitecture of a Ti3C2@TiO2 Hybrid for Photocatalytic Antibiotic Degradation and Hydrogen Evolution: Stability, Kinetics, and Mechanistic Insights

Lijarani Biswal, Bhagyashree Priyadarshini Mishra, Sarmistha Das, Lopamudra Acharya, Susanginee Nayak and Kulamani Parida

Inorg. Chem., 2023, 62, 7584
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B/g-C3N4 for Selectively Regulating Oxygen-Guided Photocatalytic Oxidation of Cinnamaldehyde to Benzaldehyde: Effects of Boron Sources

Xuan Luo, Bingbing Li, Tongming Su, Xinling Xie, Zuzeng Qin and Hongbing Ji

ACS Catal., 2025, 15, 1097
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Efficient Photocatalytic Degradation of Sulfamethoxazole in Water Using In Situ Synthesized Porous Tubular Boron-Doped Graphitic Carbon Nitride

Thuy Giang Nguyen, Manh Dung Nguyen, Thi Lan Do, Van Thanh Dang, Thanh-Binh Nguyen and Vu Hoang Huong

Surfaces and Interfaces, 2024, 54, 105009
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A novel hydrogen-bonded organic framework/g-C3N4 heterojunction for improved sulfadiazine photodegradation via effective electron transfer

Yu Zhang, Mengfei Tian, Bin Qiao, Jiabo Cheng, Yaru Zhang, Kuiwang Chen, Jie Liu, Chunjian Zhao and Chunying Li

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2025, 458, 115946
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Flash dual-engineering of surface carboxyl defects and single Cu atoms of g-C3N4 via unique CO2 plasma immersion approach for boosted photocatalytic activity

Xijiang Chang, Shuchang Xu, Daqian Wang, Zhihao Zhang, Ying Guo and Shifei Kang

Materials Today Advances, 2022, 15, 100274
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Regulating the Morphology Modification To Prepare the High Charge Separation Efficiency and Visible Light Responsive Dual-Type-II B-CN/H-TiO2/BS-CN Heterojunction for Wastewater Treatment

Guangyuan Xie, Yu Du, Lei Wang, Qiuyu Zhu, Beibei Xie, Linhe Fu, Kaili Song and Lei Wang

Langmuir, 2024, 40, 13636
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Self-Assembled Synthesis of Porous Iron-Doped Graphitic Carbon Nitride Nanostructures for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution and Nitrogen Fixation

Valmiki B. Koli, Gavaskar Murugan and Shyue-Chu Ke

Nanomaterials, 2023, 13, 275
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Fabrication of structural defects and carboxyl groups on graphitic carbon nitride with enhanced visible light photocatalytic activity

Tairan Wang, Tao Wan, Songsong He, Jian Wang, Mingrui Yu, Yang Jia and Qi Tang

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2023, 11, 110050
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Recent advances in bismuth oxyfluoride-based photocatalysts for energy and environmental remediation

Vinoth S and Pandikumar A

Materials Today Chemistry, 2024, 36, 101924
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A review on impressive Z- and S-scheme photocatalysts composed of g-C3N4 for detoxification of antibiotics

Paria Hemmati-Eslamlu and Aziz Habibi-Yangjeh

FlatChem, 2024, 43, 100597
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In situ embedment of CoOx on g-C3N4 as Z scheme heterojunction for efficient photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange and phenol under visible light

Lijuan Chen, Mingjian Zhang, Jianbo Wu, Xiaoqiang Zheng, Shiyi Liao, Baoli Ou and Li Tian

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2022, 927, 167047
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Boosting visible-light photocatalytic activity of exfoliated g-C3N4 by a facile strategy coupling ion intercalation and thermal treatment

Kingsley Igenepo John, Touma B. Issa, Aleksandar N. Nikoloski, Goen Ho and Dan Li

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Visible light sensitized graphitic carbon nitride based semiconducting materials for photoelectrochemical water splitting

Rashmi Acharya and Subhasish Mishra

Materials Today: Proceedings, 2023
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Synergy of the heterojunction and defects engineering in Zr-doped TbFeO3@g-C3N4 photo-nanocatalyst towards enhanced visible-light-driven antibiotics degradation and H2 production

Muneeb Ur Rahman, Faiqa Nadeem, Hina Ramzan, Fuhua Shen, Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Shahzaib, Waheed Afzal, Shengyong Liu, Hongge Tao, Zhiping Zhang, Quanguo Zhang and Nadeem Tahir

Composites Part B: Engineering, 2024, 287, 111865
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Recent updates in modification strategies for escalated performance of Graphene/MFe2O4 heterostructured photocatalysts towards energy and environmental applications

Subhasish Mishra and Rashmi Acharya

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2023, 960, 170576
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Flash Dual-Engineering of Surface Carboxyl Defects and Single Cu Atoms of G-C3n4 Via Unique Co2 Plasma Immersion Approach for Boosted Photocatalytic Activity

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SSRN Journal, 2022
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Amorphous molybdenum sulfide/polymeric carbon nitride composite with multiple interfaces for boosting photoelectrochemical water splitting performance

Qin Liu, Tao Sun, Lu Di and Bin Xue

Applied Surface Science, 2023, 640, 158404
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Prospects, challenges, and opportunities of the metals-modified TiO2 based photocatalysts for hydrogen generation under solar light irradiation: A review

Muhammad Mohsin, Ijaz Ahmad Bhatti, Muhammad Zeshan, Maryam Yousaf and Munawar Iqbal

FlatChem, 2023, 42, 100547
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