Surface engineering of graphitic carbon nitride polymers with cocatalysts for photocatalytic overall water splitting

Overall water splitting for the stoichiometric generation of H2 and O2 has been achieved by rational cocatalyst modification of g-C3N4 polymers to modulate the surface redox reaction kinetics.

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