Table 1.

Recent reports on g-C₃N₄-based photocatalysts

Catalysts composition	Precursors of g-C3N4	Photocatalyst applications	Ref. (year)
g-C3N4	Cyanamide	Hydrogen production	[5] (2009)
g-C3N4/Graphene/NiFe	Urea	Photoelectrochemical	[13] (2016)
g-C3N4 nanocapsules	Cyanamide	Hydrogen production	[14] (2017)
g-C3N4/Co–N	Urea	Hydrogen production	[16] (2016)
g-C3N4/Graphene	Dicyandiamide	Hydrogen production	[18] (2014)
g-C3N4/PDA	Melamine	Hydrogen production	[20] (2015)
Alkalinized-C3N4/Fe	Melamine	Photo degradation	[21] (2016)
g-C3N4/Fe3O4	Melamine	Photo degradation	[22] (2013)
g-C3N4 Film	Melamine	Photoelectrochemical	[24] (2015)
g-C3N4/AgBr	Melamine	Photo degradation	[25] (2015)
g-C3N4 nanofibers	Melamine	Photo degradation	[30] (2013)
g-C3N4/PNA	Melamine	Photo degradation	[31] (2013)
g-C3N4 Film	Cyanamide	Photoelectrochemical	[32] (2015)
P-doped g-C3N4	Melamine	Hydrogen production	[33] (2015)
Amorphous g-C3N4	Dicyandiamide	Hydrogen production	[34] (2015)
g-C3N4	Cyanamide	Hydrogen Peroxide production	[35] (2014)
g-C3N4/Ag/TiO2	Melamine	Photo degradation	[36] (2014)
g-C3N4/Bi	Urea	NO Purification	[37] (2015)
g-C3N4/TiO2	Melamine	Photoelectrochemical	[47] (2016)
g-C3N4/ZIF	Melamine	CO2 Reduction	[48] (2015)
N-doped g-C3N4	Melamine	Hydrogen production	[49] (2015)
Iodine modified g-C3N4	Dicyandiamide	Hydrogen production	[50] (2014)
Holey g-C3N4	Dicyandiamide	Hydrogen production	[51] (2015)
Phosphorylation g-C3N4	Dicyandiamide	Hydrogen production	[53] (2015)
Porous g-C3N4	Dicyandiamide	Photo degradation	[54] (2015)
g-C3N4	Cyanamide	NO decomposition	[55] (2010)
Mesoporous g-C3N4	Cyanamide	Hydrogen peroxide production	[56] (2015)
Porous g-C3N4	Thiourea	Photo degradation	[57] (2016)
S-doped g-C3N4	Thiourea and Melamine	CO2 reduction	[58] (2015)
g-C3N4/bismuth-based oxide	Melamine or guanidine hydrochloride	Photo degradation	[61] (2016)
g-C3N4/Graphene	Urea	Hydrocarbon oxidation	[66] (2016)
3D porous g-C3N4	Melamine	Photo degradation	[67] (2016)
g-C3N4 nanoplatelets	Melamine	Water splitting	[73] (2015)
Graphene-like g-C3N4 nanosheets	Dicyandiamide	Hydrogen production	[75] (2012)
Crystalline g-C3N4	Dicyandiamide	Hydrogen production	[76] (2014)
Sulfur-mediated g-C3N4	Trithiocyanuric acid	Water oxidation	[77] (2011)
Nanotube g-C3N4	Melamine	Photo degradation	[79] (2014)
Helical g-C3N4	Cyanamide	Hydrogen production	[80] (2014)
Nanorod g-C3N4	Cyanamide	Hydrogen production and photoenzymatic catalysis	[81] (2014)
Mesoporous g-C3N4 nanorods	Cyanamide	Hydrogen production and reduction of nitrophenol	[82] (2012)
PAN/g-C3N4	Melamine	Hydrogen production	[83] (2016)
g-C3N4/ZIF	Urea	Photo degradation	[84] (2017)
g-C3N4	Dicyandiamide	Photo degradation	[91] (2014)
g-C3N4/Pd	Cyanamide	Organic catalyst	[92] (2015)
Oxidized g-C3N4	Melamine	Organic synthesis	[95] (2016)
g-C3N4/GO	Melamine	Photo degradation	[98] (2014)