Structural reconstruction of carbon nitride with tailored electronic structure: A bifunctional photocatalyst for cooperative artificial photosynthesis and selective phenylcarbinol oxidation

Herein, electronic structure of carbon nitride is reconstructed and tailored by simply calcining the sodium borohydride and CN nanosheets (CNS) in a nitrogen atmosphere, which could promote the in-plane separation and transport of charge carriers. Accordingly, structural reconstruction of CNS manifests outstanding CO2 reduction performance (55.3 μmol g−1 h−1) and high CO selectivity (98.9 %) without any cocatalysts and sacrificial agents,...