Template-free Synthesis of Salmon Pink Tube-shaped Structure Carbon Nitride with Enhanced Visible Light Photocatalytic Activity

Overview

Journal RSC Adv

Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2022 May 6

PMID 35518949

Authors

Youzhi Cao

Xinbo Jing

Yajuan Chen

Wenjie Kang

Shufen Wang

Wei Wang

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Abstract

Designing a highly active and stable photocatalyst to directly solve environmental pollution is desirable for solar energy conversion. Herein, an effective strategy, hydrothermal-calcination, for synthesizing extremely active carbon nitride (salmon pink) from a low-cost precursor melamine, is reported. The salmon pink carbon nitride with tube-shaped structure significantly enhanced response to visible light, improved efficiency of charge separation and remarkably enhanced efficiency of methyl orange (MO) degradation than bulk g-CN (light orange). The M-10-200-24-600 composite possessed the most wonderful ability towards MO degradation irradiated by visible light, which could achieve a highest degradation efficiency of 84% within 120 min. Our findings may provide a promising and facile approach to highly efficient photocatalysis for solar-energy conversion.

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