The wear resistance of graphitic carbon nitride and its potential application in sports equipment

With the rapid integration of sports technology and material synthesis technology, a large number of new polymer materials with excellent performance have been applied to sports equipment. Although these new materials make sports equipment functional, lightweight and stable, the problem of poor wear resistance of sports equipment has not been solved. Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C₃N₄), due to its stable molecular structure and excellent photocatalytic properties, has been successfully applied in the fields of antibiotic degradation, imaging, drug delivery and optoelectronic devices in the past decade. This article, from the view of wear resistance, reviews the application of g-C₃N₄ as an additive to reinforce lubricants, coatings/films and polymer materials. The structure, stability, preparation, modification, application and the wear-resisting mechanism are focused on in this paper. This paper proposes the prospect of g-C₃N₄ application in sports equipment and the possible problems.