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The semiconductor heterojunction has been an effective architecture to enhance photocatalytic activity by promoting photogenerated charge separation. Here, graphitic carbon nitride (CN) and B-modified graphitic carbon nitride (CNB) composite semiconductors were fabricated by a facile calcination process using cheap, sustainable, and easily available sodium tetraphenylboron and urea as precursors. The synthetic CN-CNB-25 semiconductor with a suitable CNB content showed the highest visible-light activity. Its degradation ratio for methyl orange and phenol was more than twice that of CN and CNB and its H-2 evolution rate was approximate to 3.4 and approximate to 1.8times higher than that of CN and CNB, respectively. It also displayed excellent stability and reusability. The enhanced activity of CN-CNB-25 was attributed predominantly to the efficient separation of photoinduced electrons and holes. This paper describes a visible-light-responsive CN composite semiconductor with great potential in environmental and energy applications.
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CHEMSUSCHEM
ISSN: 1864-5631
Year: 2015
Issue: 7
Volume: 8
Page: 1189-1196
7 . 1 1 6
JCR@2015
7 . 5 0 0
JCR@2023
ESI Discipline: CHEMISTRY;
ESI HC Threshold:265
JCR Journal Grade:1
CAS Journal Grade:2
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WoS CC Cited Count: 115
SCOPUS Cited Count: 117
ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 0 Unfold All
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30 Days PV: 4
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