Semiconductor polymeric graphitic carbon nitride photocatalysts: the “holy grail” for the photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction under visible light

Graphitic carbon nitrides and their composites with various morphologies and bandgaps engineered for the hydrogen evolution reaction under visible light are reviewed.

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