Synthesis, Characterization and Applications of Graphitic Carbon Nitride: An Uprising Carbonaceous Material offers an up-to-date record on the major findings and observations relating to graphitic carbon nitride-based systems, elaborately covering all the aspects of carbon nitride as chemical stable and pollution-free materials that are easy to prepare in a cost-effective way, along with their applications in photocatalytic degradation of pollutants, photocatalytic hydrogen generation, carbon dioxide reduction, disinfection, sensors and supercapacitors. Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) is a fascinating visible light photocatalyst, which possesses many properties that can be used for many applications.This makes the book an indispensable reference for (post)-graduate students, researchers in academia and industry, and engineers working in the field of graphitic carbon-nitride-based systems.

Includes the applications of graphitic carbon nitride as a photocatalyst for the reduction of CO2

Describes the synthesis structure and properties of graphitic carbon nitride-based systems

Deals with the development of graphitic carbon nitride-based nanocomposites

Includes hydrogen production via water splitting by using graphitic carbon nitride

Describes the applications of graphitic carbon nitride in the field of sensors, solar cells, fuel cells and in analytical chemistry