Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) was synthesized by directly thermal condensation of dicyandiamide and characterized by XRD, XPS, SEM, TEM and FT-IR. Then the as-prepared catalyst was employed to degrade priority pollutant 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (2,4,6-TCP) under visible light irradiation (λ > 420 nm). The 2,4,6-TCP could be completely mineralized over g-C3N4, and the pseudo-first-order rate constant for 10−4 M 2,4,6-TCP degradation was 0.70 h−1 in the presence of 1 g...