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Protonation and microwave-assisted heating induced excitation of lone-pair electrons in graphitic carbon nitride for increased photocatalytic hydrogen generation

Dandan Wu, Shaonian Hu, Hongyun Xue, Xiaojuan Hou, Haiwei Du, Gengsheng Xu, Yupeng Yuan

Journal of Materials Chemistry A · 2019 · 70 citations · 30 references

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Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>) with pronounced excitation of lone pairs enhances its photocatalytic hydrogen (H<sub>2</sub>) generation activity.

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