Synthesis, Characterization and Applications of Graphitic Carbon Nitride: An Uprising Carbonaceous Material

Offers an up-to-date record on the major findings and observations relating to graphitic carbon nitride-based systems, elaborately covering all the aspects of carbon nitride as chemical stable and pollution-free materials that are easy to prepare in a cost-effective way, along with their applications in photocatalytic degradation of pollutants, photocatalytic hydrogen generation, carbon dioxide reduction, disinfection, sensors and supercapacitors.

Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) is a fascinating visible light photocatalyst, which possesses many properties that can be used for many applications. This makes the book an indispensable reference for (post)-graduate students, researchers in academia and industry, and engineers working in the field of graphitic carbon-nitride-based systems.

- Includes the applications of graphitic carbon nitride as a photocatalyst for the reduction of CO2

- Describes the synthesis structure and properties of graphitic carbon nitride-based systems

- Deals with the development of graphitic carbon nitride-based nanocomposites

- Includes hydrogen production via water splitting by using graphitic carbon nitride

- Describes the applications of graphitic carbon nitride in the field of sensors, solar cells, fuel cells and in analytical chemistry