Increasing the Visible Light Absorption of Graphitic Carbon Nitride (Melon) Photocatalysts by Homogeneous Self‐Modification with Nitrogen Vacancies

作者：Ping Niu, Lichang Yin, Yongqiang Yang, Gang Liu, Hui–Ming Cheng · 发表于：Advanced Materials · 年份：2014 · DOI：10.1002/adma.201404057 · 被引用次数：769 · 研究领域：Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques、Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors、TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells

A novel reduced melon photocatalyst with a bandgap of 2.03 eV developed here has a widened visible light absorption range and suppressed radiative recombination of photo-excited charge carriers due to the homogeneous self-modification with nitrogen vacancies. As a consequence, the reduced melon shows a much superior photocatalytic activity compared to the pristine melon in generating •OH radicals and degrading the organic pollutant Rhodamine B.