Photocatalysts: Monoclinic Porous BiVO₄ Networks Decorated by Discrete g‐C₃N₄ Nano‐Islands with Tunable Coverage for Highly Efficient Photocatalysis (Small 14/2014)

An efficient g-C3N4/BiVO4 heterojunction photocatalyst with porous BiVO4 networks decorated by discrete g-C3N4 nano-islands with tunable coverage is presented by J. Gong and team on page 2783. In this unique system, the g-C3N4 nanoislands show synergistc effects with BiVO4 network, leading to separated redox reaction sites and fully exposed reactive interfaces, greatly increasing charge separation efficiency and thus enhancing the photocatalytic activity. The as-synthesized photocatalyst can be used for organics degradation, water splitting, as well as CO2 reduction. This work could also provide insights into the importance of rational structure design in heterojunction systems.