Experimental study on the stability of graphitic C3N4 under high pressure and high temperature
Experimental study on the stability of graphitic C3N4 under high pressure and high temperature
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DOI:
10.1016/j.diamond.2011.03.034
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发表时间:
2011-05-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
Irifune, Tetsuo
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作者:
Fang, Leiming;Ohfuji, Hiroaki;Irifune, Tetsuo
The stability and decomposition of graphitic C3N4 (g-C3N4) were studied in the pressure and temperature range of 10-25 GPa and up to 2000 degrees C by multi-anvil experiments and phase characterization of the quenched products. g-C3N4 was found to remain stable at relatively mild temperatures, but decomposes to graphite and nitrogen at temperatures above 600-700 degrees C and up to 15 GPa, while it decomposes directly to diamond (plus nitrogen) above 800-900 degrees C and between 22 and 25 GPa. The estimated decomposition curve for g-C3N4 has a positive slope (similar to 0.05 GPa/K) up to similar to 22 GPa, but becomes inverted (negative) above this pressure. The diamond formed through decomposition is characterized by euhedral crystals which are not sintered to each other, but loosely aggregated, suggesting the crystallization in a liquid (nitrogen) medium. The nitrogen release from the graphitic C - N framework may also play an important role in lowering the activation energy required for diamond formation and enhancing the grain growth rate. No phase transition of g-C3N4 was found in the studied P-T range. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.