Graphite Carbon Nitride and Its Composites for Medicine and Health Applications

• Published in: Chemistry, an Asian journal an Asian journal, 2021-08, Vol.16 (15), p.2003-2013
• Main Authors: Zhang, Jie‐ran, Kan, Yin‐shi, Gu, Ling‐ling, Wang, Cheng‐yin, Zhang, Yu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Carbon nitride; Chemistry; Composite materials; disease treatment; drug detection; Environmental monitoring; food monitoring; Graphite; graphite carbon nitride(g-C3N4); Medicine; Nanomaterials
• ISSN: 1861-4728; 1861-471X
• DOI: 10.1002/asia.202100499

With the progress of science and technology and the improvement of people‘s living standards, the performance of traditional materials can no longer fully meet the needs of social development. Graphitic phase carbon nitride (g‐C3N4), as a new type of nanomaterial, has good properties. Its unique graphite like structure and stable thermodynamic characteristics have led an increasing number of researchers to explore its diverse functions and use this as a basis to develop related energy and products for applications in various fields. Among them, applications in the field of medicine health have become popular in recent years. Therefore, this review summarizes the synthesis methods of g‐C3N4 and its composites, as well as their applications in food, medicine, environmental monitoring and disease treatment, in the hope of providing references and basis for further expanding the applications of g‐C3N4 in large health areas. Graphite phase carbon nitride (g‐C3N4), as a new class of nanomaterials with excellent properties, has become increasingly important in the fields of health safety and medicine health in recent years. This review summarizes the synthesis of g‐C3N4 and its composites, summarizes the current applications of g‐C3N4 and its composites in food, drug, environmental monitoring and disease treatment, and aims to provide a reference for further expanding the applications of g‐C3N4 in large health areas.