Facile approach to synthesis the curly leaf-like Nano-sheets of g-C₃N₄ with enhanced photocatalytic ability

Bio-inspired nanostructured g-C3N4-based photocatalysts: A comprehensive review

“…Bio-inspired leaf-like structure is also an interesting nanostructure to enhance the light absorption and introduce abundant active edges and sites, thus boosting the photocatalytic performance of g-C3N4-based system [195,196]. Zhang et al [85] developed leaf-like g-C3N4 (V-CN) through copolymer- izing urea with dicyandiamide-formaldehyde resin, which has a complex curled structure with an average size of less than 200 nm (Figs.…”

“…The bio-inspired g-C3N4-based systems show unique advantages in the enhancement of photocatalytic performance. However, the single regulation strategy of bio-inspired design Increased surface area [196] Fish-scale g-C3N4/ZnIn2S4 TCH: 10 mg•L -1 300 W Xe lamp (λ > 420 nm) 74% degradation in 30 min unusual spatial electron transfer property [193] Wood-like g-C3N4@WDC MB: 20 mg and fabrication cannot achieve the desired photocatalytic activity of g-C3N4-based system. On this basis of bio-inspired fabrication, coupling other modification means to improve photocatalytic performance of g-C3N4-based system is a promising pathway, such as building various heterojunctions for fast charge separation [279][280][281][282], introducing efficient active sites via the loading of single-atom cocatalysts [221,[283][284][285], creating defect sites and constructing doping levels [286][287][288][289].…”