Structure defects promoted exciton dissociation and carrier separation for enhancing photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Structure defect poor and rich graphitic carbon nitrides (g-C3N4) were successfully prepared to disclose the relationships between structure defects and the exciton/carrier behaviors. The partial loss of the heptazine units in the matrix was the origin of the intrinsic structure defects in the g-C3N4, evidenced by the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis. Both the fluorescence and ultrafast transient absorption analyses demonstrated that...