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Metal Doping in g-C3N4 and Tuning of Band-Gap for Dye Degradation Using Visible Light


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1 Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, IIT BHU, Varanasi – 221 005, Uttar Pradesh, India
 

Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4), as a fascinating conjugated polymer, has been the hotspot in science as a metal-free and visible-light-responsive photocatalyst. Pure g-C3N4 suffers from insufficient sunlight absorption, low surface area and the fast recombination of photo-induced electron-hole pairs, resulting in low photocatalytic activity. Utilizing the thermal polymerization process, metal-doped g-C3N4 has been formed and the formed catalysts employed for the degradation of methyl orange under visible light. The produced catalysts have been examined using a variety of characterisation techniques and by experimental means. The lowering of band gap and improved photocatalytic activity of the as-prepared catalyst is resulted by metal doping.

Keywords

Carbon Materials, Doped g-C3N4, Photocatalysis, Solar Energy Materials.
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  • Metal Doping in g-C3N4 and Tuning of Band-Gap for Dye Degradation Using Visible Light

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Authors

Shakti Priyadarshan
Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, IIT BHU, Varanasi – 221 005, Uttar Pradesh, India
Devendra Kumar Gond
Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, IIT BHU, Varanasi – 221 005, Uttar Pradesh, India
Vijay Laxmi Yadav
Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, IIT BHU, Varanasi – 221 005, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract


Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4), as a fascinating conjugated polymer, has been the hotspot in science as a metal-free and visible-light-responsive photocatalyst. Pure g-C3N4 suffers from insufficient sunlight absorption, low surface area and the fast recombination of photo-induced electron-hole pairs, resulting in low photocatalytic activity. Utilizing the thermal polymerization process, metal-doped g-C3N4 has been formed and the formed catalysts employed for the degradation of methyl orange under visible light. The produced catalysts have been examined using a variety of characterisation techniques and by experimental means. The lowering of band gap and improved photocatalytic activity of the as-prepared catalyst is resulted by metal doping.

Keywords


Carbon Materials, Doped g-C3N4, Photocatalysis, Solar Energy Materials.

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