طراحی فوتوکاتالیستهای چندمنظوره با g-C₃N₄ و کاربردهای آن در فناوری‌های پایدار
الموضوعات : Effective and expandable solutions to control and eliminate environmental pollutionزهرا محمدپور کوسه لر 1 , زهره قاضی طباطبایی 2
1 - دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد، گروه شیمی، واحد اهر، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، اهر، ایران
2 - استادیار گروه شیمی، واحد اهر، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، اهر، ایران
الکلمات المفتاحية: نیترید کربن گرافیتی, فوتوکاتالیست ناهمگن, فناوری‌های پایدار, طراحی فوتوکاتالیست ,
ملخص المقالة :
فوتوکاتالیستهای ناهمگن در تبدیل و ذخیره انرژی، در سوخت‌های خورشیدی پایدار و سبز و همچنین در بسیاری از حوزه‌های زیست‌محیطی به‌عنوان یک فناوری نوین به‌کار می‌روند. فوتوکاتالیستهای نیترید کربن گرافیتی (g-C3N4) به دلیل ویژگیهای فیزیکوشیمیایی، نوری و الکتریکی منحصر به فرد خود، طیف خاصی از فوتوکاتالیستهای ناهمگن را تشکیل میدهند. در این مطالعه، مکانیسم‌های اصلی این فوتوکاتالیست‌ها، مزایا، چالش‌ها و طراحی فوتوکاتالیستهای مبتنی بر g-C3N4 مورد بررسی قرار گرفت. همچنین، خواص ساختاری، ویژگیهای فیزیکوشیمیایی سطح، پایداری سطح، همچنین خواص الکتروشیمیایی، فوتوالکتروشیمیایی و نوری آنها به تفصیل بررسی شد. همچنین، کاربردهای مهمی نظیر تخریب آلایندهها، کاهش دی‌اکسید کربن، برخی تبدیلات آلی و گندزدایی نیز مورد توجه قرار گرفت. با توجه به پیشرفت‌های برجسته این حوزه، انتظار می‌رود که فرصت‌های جدیدی برای طراحی و ساخت فوتوکاتالیستهای موثر مبتنی بر g-C3N4 برای کاربردهای مختلف فراهم شود.
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