Pyrene-functionalized polymeric carbon nitride with promoted aqueous–organic biphasic photocatalytic CO2 reduction

• Main Authors: Gong, Xuezhong, Yu, Sijia, Guan, Meili, Zhu, Xianglin, Xue, Can
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Polymeric Carbon Nitride; Biphasic Photocatalytic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/138092; https://doi.org/10.21979/N9/R0PTA3
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We have demonstrated a simple copolymerization process to covalently graft pyrene-functional groups on the polymeric carbon nitride (PCN) surface. The resulting pyrene functionalized carbon nitride (Py-PCN) exhibits unique biphasic photocatalytic activities, which enable efficient CO2 photoreduction...