Enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity in SiPGaS/arsenene-based van der Waals heterostructures

Interfacial Electronic States of GeC/g‐C3N4 van der Waal Heterostructure with Promising Photocatalytic Activity via Hydrogenation

“…The scientific community has been very interested in twodimensional (2D) photocatalytic materials because of their better benefits, such as shorter carrier migration distances, more activity sites, and a high surface-to-volume ratio for highefficiency devices. [11] A variety of 2D layered materials, like transition metal oxides, [12] metal carbides and nitrides, [13] metal dichalcogenides, [14][15][16] graphene-based materials, [17] black phosphorene [18] and Mxene [19,20] have been developed and are anticipated to have promising future applications in photocatalysis. A graphitic carbon nitride (g-C 3 N 4 ) polymeric semiconductor also shows great potential as a photocatalyst due to its easy functionalization, earth-abundant components, low-cost fabrication, excellent photocatalytic property, suitable band structure and high chemical and thermal stabilities.…”