Issue 37, 2021

Single-layer carbon nitride: synthesis, structure, photophysical/photochemical properties, and applications

Abstract

This Perspective provides a critical summary of the current state of the art in the synthesis and properties of polyheptazine single-layer carbon nitride (SLCN). The summary combines the authors’ research and literature reports on SLCN concerning the synthesis of single-layer polyheptazine sheets, light absorption and emission by SLCN, photochemical and photocatalytic properties of SLCN as well as examples of applications of SLCN sheets as “building blocks” in heterostructures with nanocrystalline semiconductors and metals. The Perspective is concluded with an outlook discussing the most promising directions for further studies and applications of SLCN and related composites.

Graphical abstract: Single-layer carbon nitride: synthesis, structure, photophysical/photochemical properties, and applications

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
28 7 2021
Accepted
23 8 2021
First published
23 8 2021

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021,23, 20745-20764

Single-layer carbon nitride: synthesis, structure, photophysical/photochemical properties, and applications

O. Stroyuk, O. Raievska and D. R. T. Zahn, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021, 23, 20745 DOI: 10.1039/D1CP03457J

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