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ReviewAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2021

Photocatalytic Air Purification Using Functional Polymeric Carbon Nitrides.

Min Zhou, Honghui Ou, Shanrong Li, Xing Qin, Yuanxing Fang, Shun-Cheng Lee, Xinchen Wang, Wingkei Ho

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Review in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Min ZhouDepartment of Science and Environmental Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong, P. R. China.
Honghui OuDepartment of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China.
Shanrong LiState Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, P. R. China.
Xing QinDepartment of Science and Environmental Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong, P. R. China.
Yuanxing FangState Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, P. R. China.
Shun-Cheng LeeDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, P. R. China.
Xinchen WangState Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, P. R. China.
Wingkei HoDepartment of Science and Environmental Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong, P. R. China.ORCID 0000-0003-2490-1121
Education University of Hong Kong · HKFuzhou University · CNHong Kong Polytechnic University · HKTsinghua University · CN

Funding

111 Project D16008Chang Jiang Scholars Program of China T2016147Dean's Research Fund FLASS/DRF 04554Department Collaborative Fund 04490Faculty of Liberal Arts and Social SciencesGeneral Research Fund 18300920General Research Fund 18301117Hong Kong Special Administrative RegionNational Key Research and Development Program of China 2016YFA0203000National Key Technologies R & D Program of China 2018YFA0209301National Natural Science Foundation of China 21425309National Natural Science Foundation of China 21761132002National Natural Science Foundation of China 21802022National Natural Science Foundation of China 21861130353National Natural Science Foundation of China 21961142019National Natural Science Foundation of China U1905214Research Grants CouncilThe Education University of Hong Kong
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The techniques for the production of the environment have received attention because of the increasing air pollution, which results in a negative impact on the living environment of mankind. Over the decades, burgeoning interest in polymeric carbon nitride (PCN) based photocatalysts for heterogeneous catalysis of air pollutants has been witnessed, which is improved by harvesting visible light, layered/defective structures, functional groups, suitable/adjustable band positions, and existing Lewis basic sites. PCN-based photocatalytic air purification can reduce the negative impacts of the emission of air pollutants and convert the undesirable and harmful materials into value-added or nontoxic, or low-toxic chemicals. However, based on previous reports, the systematic summary and analysis of PCN-based photocatalysts in the catalytic elimination of air pollutants have not been reported. The research progress of functional PCN-based composite materials as photocatalysts for the removal of air pollutants is reviewed here. The working mechanisms of each enhancement modification are elucidated and discussed on structures (nanostructure, molecular structue, and composite) regarding their effects on light-absorption/utilization, reactant adsorption, intermediate/product desorption, charge kinetics, and reactive oxygen species production. Perspectives related to further challenges and directions as well as design strategies of PCN-based photocatalysts in the heterogeneous catalysis of air pollutants are also provided.

Indexed as

denitrificationdesulfurizationphotocatalytic air purificationpolymeric carbon nitridesvolatile organic compound removal

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PMID34693667
PMCPMC8693081
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