Higher Yield Urea-Derived Polymeric Graphitic Carbon Nitride with Mesoporous Structure and Superior Visible-Light-Responsive Activity
Higher Yield Urea-Derived Polymeric Graphitic Carbon Nitride with Mesoporous Structure and Superior Visible-Light-Responsive Activity
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具有介孔结构和优异可见光响应活性的高产率尿素衍生聚合石墨碳氮化物
DOI:
10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b01139
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发表时间:
2015-12-01
影响因子:
8.4
通讯作者:
Sun, Jianmin
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作者:
Shi, Lei;Liang, Lin;Sun, Jianmin
A series of mesoporous graphitic carbon nitride (mg-C3N4) materials have been prepared with urea and tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) as the precursors, which were thermally polycondensed to obtain the g-C3N4/silica composites, after silica was removed, mg-C3N4 with large surface area (170 m2 g–1) was successfully prepared. Excitingly, TEOS did not only act as a mesoporous-directing agent but also as the promoter for the urea polycondensation to g-C3N4, which made the urea polycondensation proceed at relatively low temperature. Thus, volatilization or/and decomposition of urea in the process of thermal treatment were reduced, resulting in the product yield of g-C3N4 from 0.3 to 0.4 g/10 g urea remarkably increasing to 1.2 g/10 g urea. Moreover, superior photocatalytic activities were observed for degrading methyl orange (MO) and H2 generation from water splitting over the mg-C3N4 photocatalyst. The facilely developed method for high-yield mesoporous g-C3N4 from cost-effective urea was more attractive for it...