Photochemistry of nanoporous carbons: Perspectives in energy conversion and environmental remediation
Résumé
The interest in the use of nanoporous carbon materials in applications related to energy conversion and
storage, either as catalysts or additives, has grown over recent decades in various disciplines. Since the
early studies reporting the benefits of the use of nanoporous carbons as inert supports of semiconductors
and as electron acceptors that enhance the splitting of the photogenerated excitons, many researchers
have investigated the key role of carbon matrices coupled to all types of photoactive materials. More
recently, our group has demonstrated the ability of semiconductor-free nanoporous carbons to convert
the absorbed photons into chemical reactions (i.e. oxidation of pollutants, water splitting, reduction of
surface groups) opening new opportunities beyond conventional applications in light energy conversion.
The aim of this paper is to review the recent progress on the application of nanoporous carbons in photochemistry
using varied illumination conditions (UV, simulated solar light) and covering their role as
additives to semiconductors as well as their use as photocatalysts in various fields, describing the photochemical
quantum yield of nanoporous carbons for different reactions, and discussing the mechanisms
postulated for the carbon/light interactions in confined pore spaces.
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