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
Dr. Sabu Thomas (Ph.D.) is the Director of the School of Energy Materials, School of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology of Mahatma Gandhi University, India. He received his Ph. D. in 1987 in Polymer Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London, and a member of the American Chemical Society. He has been ranked no.1 in India about the number of publications (most productive scientists). Prof. Thomas’s research group specialized areas of polymers which includes Polymer blends, Fiber filled polymer composites, Particulate-filled polymer composites and their morphological characterization, Ageing and degradation, Pervaporation phenomena, sorption and diffusion, Interpenetrating polymer systems, Recyclability and reuse of waste plastics and rubbers, Elastomer cross-linking, Dual porous nanocomposite scaffolds for tissue engineering, etc. Prof. Thomas’s research group has extensive exchange programs with different industries, research, and academic institutions all over the world and is performing world-class collaborative research in various fields. Professors Centre is equipped with various sophisticated instruments and has established state-of-the-art experimental facilities which cater to the needs of researchers within the country and abroad. His H Index- 133, Google Citations- 86424, Number of Publications- 1300, and Books-160.
Dr. Anas is the Honorary Director of Advanced Molecular Materials Research Centre and Assistant Professor of Polymer Chemistry at School of Chemical Sciences of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He has his Ph.D in organic synthesis from NIIST(CSIR) Trivandrum, India and has got post doctoral research experince at University of Paris-sud 11 and at Uppsala University Sweden. His reaerch contributions include the development of novel synthetic methodologies, asymmetric CH activation reactions and fiulvene based high spin organic materials. His research is currently focusing on the transition metal catalysed organic reactions, development of novel polymer supported catalysts, synthetic modifications and applications of polymers, studies of boron nitride and carbon nitride based polymer nano-composites. Dr. Anas has published 18 papers in the peer reviewed journals.
Jomon Joy is a UGC-JRF doctoral Fellow. His area of interest is Polymer Science incorporating Nanomaterials. Topic of research is Thermoplastic Toughened Thermosetting Polymer nanocomposites at School of Chemical Sciences, M.G. University, Kottayam, in the group of Prof. Sabu Thomas. He has 4 years of experience in this field. His research areas include preparation of Epoxy based blends and nanocomposites and their applications.
