Abstract
Nanoporous g-C3N4 (npg-C3N4) with high surface area was prepared by a bubble-templating method. A higher calcination heating rate and proportion of thiourea can result in a larger surface area and better adsorption and photodegradation activities of npg-C3N4. Compared with the bulk g-C3N4, the adsorption capacity for the target pollutants and photocatalytic degradation and photocurrent performances under visible light irradiation of npg-C3N4 were greatly improved. The optimal photodegradation activity of npg-C3N4 was 3.4 times as high as that of the bulk g-C3N4. The enhanced activities of npg-C3N4 can be attributed to the larger number of surface active sites, improved separation of photogenerated electron-hole pairs, and higher efficiency of charge immigration.
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