An instant, biocompatible and biodegradable high-performance graphitic carbon nitride
An instant, biocompatible and biodegradable high-performance graphitic carbon nitride
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一种即时、生物相容且可生物降解的高性能石墨氮化碳
DOI:
10.1016/j.jcis.2019.12.021
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发表时间:
2020
影响因子:
9.9
通讯作者:
Cui Lifeng
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作者:
Kang Shifei;Fang Zirou;He Maofen;Chen Mengya;Gao Yuqiong;Sun Di;Liu Yanfei;Chen Menglin;Dong Mingdong;Liu Ping;Cui Lifeng
Polymer graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) materials have attracted growing interest owing to their impressive applicability in photocatalysis and optoelectronic devices. However, further applications of g-C3N4materials are greatly restricted by their chemical inertness and insolubility in most solvents. Regarding the rising prospect of g-C3N4nanosheets in the biomedical field, high solubility and biocompatibility are required for the further development of g-C3N4materials. In this study, a simple one-step thermal polymerization method was designed to prepare fast-soluble mesoporous g-C3N4nanosheets by using NH4HSO4as the critical adjuvant. The products, especially the optimal g-C3N4NSs-4, showed impressive solubility, biocompatibility and partial biodegradability. The enriched surface hydrophilic groups (–NH2and –OH) may contribute to improving the solubility of g-C3N4nanosheets, while the partial biodegradability can be ascribed to the presence of the disulfide bond in the g-C3N4framework. In this system, the NH4HSO4adjuvant acted not only as O and S sources, but also as a bubbling agent that endows the g-C3N4a porous structure with greatly enlarged specific surface area and high separation efficiency of photogenerated electron-hole pairs. These integrative positive factors also greatly contributed to the photocatalytic activity of the g-C3N4nanosheets. This facile, economic and general fabrication strategy for mesoporous, fast-soluble and biocompatible g-C3N4with superior visible-light photocatalytic activity is promising in environmental, energy and biomedical fields.