Carbon-doped BN nanosheets for metal-free photoredox catalysis
10.1038/ncomms8698
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Abstract

AbstractThe generation of sustainable and stable semiconductors for solar energy conversion by photoredox catalysis, for example, light-induced water splitting and carbon dioxide reduction, is a key challenge of modern materials chemistry. Here we present a simple synthesis of a ternary semiconductor, boron carbon nitride, and show that it can catalyse hydrogen or oxygen evolution from water as well as carbon dioxide reduction under visible light illumination. The ternary B–C–N alloy features a delocalized two-dimensional electron system with sp2 carbon incorporated in the h-BN lattice where the bandgap can be adjusted by the amount of incorporated carbon to produce unique functions. Such sustainable photocatalysts made of lightweight elements facilitate the innovative construction of photoredox cascades to utilize solar energy for chemical conversion.

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Huang, C., Chen, C., Zhang, M., Lin, L., Ye, X., Lin, S., Antonietti, M., & Wang, X. (2015). Carbon-doped BN nanosheets for metal-free photoredox catalysis. Nature Communications, 6(1).

Authors 8
  1. Caijin Huang (first)
  2. Cheng Chen (additional)
  3. Mingwen Zhang (additional)
  4. Lihua Lin (additional)
  5. Xinxin Ye (additional)
  6. Sen Lin (additional)
  7. Markus Antonietti (additional)
  8. Xinchen Wang (additional)
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@article{Huang_2015, title={Carbon-doped BN nanosheets for metal-free photoredox catalysis}, volume={6}, ISSN={2041-1723}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8698}, DOI={10.1038/ncomms8698}, number={1}, journal={Nature Communications}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Huang, Caijin and Chen, Cheng and Zhang, Mingwen and Lin, Lihua and Ye, Xinxin and Lin, Sen and Antonietti, Markus and Wang, Xinchen}, year={2015}, month=jul }