In situ Carbon Modification of g-C3N4 from Urea Co-crystal with Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity Towards Degradation of Organic Dyes Under Visible Light
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In situ Carbon Modification of g-C3N4 from Urea Co-crystal with Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity Towards Degradation of Organic Dyes Under Visible Light. / ZHAO , Weifeng; HAO , Ning; ZHANG , Gai; Aijie, MA; CHEN , Weixing; ZHOU , Hongwei; YANG , Dong; XU, BEN BIN; Kong, Jie.
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T1 - In situ Carbon Modification of g-C3N4 from Urea Co-crystal with Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity Towards Degradation of Organic Dyes Under Visible Light
AU - ZHAO , Weifeng
AU - HAO , Ning
AU - ZHANG , Gai
AU - Aijie, MA
AU - CHEN , Weixing
AU - ZHOU , Hongwei
AU - YANG , Dong
AU - XU, BEN BIN
AU - Kong, Jie
PY - 2020/5/20
Y1 - 2020/5/20
N2 - An in situ strategy was introduced for synthesizing carbon modified graphitic carbon nitride(g-C3N4) by using urea/4-aminobenzoic acid(PABA) co-crystal(PABA@Urea) as precursor materials. Via co-calcination of the PABA co-former and the urea in PABA@Urea co-crystals, C guest species were generated and compounded into g-C3N4 matrix in situ by replacing the lattice N of the carbon nitride and forming carbon dots onto its layer surface.The carbon modification dramatically enhanced visible-light harvesting and charge carrier separation. Therefore,visible light photo-catalytic oxidation of methylene blue(MB) pollution in water over the carbon modified g-C3N4(C/g-C3N4) was notably improved. Up to 99% of methylene blue(MB) was eliminated within 60 min by the optimalsample prepared from the PABA@Urea co-crystal with a PABA content of 0.1%(mass ratio), faster than the degrada-tion rate over bare g-C3N4. The present study demonstrates a new way to boost up the photocatalysis performance ofg-C3N4, which holds great potential concerning the degradation of organic dyes from water.
AB - An in situ strategy was introduced for synthesizing carbon modified graphitic carbon nitride(g-C3N4) by using urea/4-aminobenzoic acid(PABA) co-crystal(PABA@Urea) as precursor materials. Via co-calcination of the PABA co-former and the urea in PABA@Urea co-crystals, C guest species were generated and compounded into g-C3N4 matrix in situ by replacing the lattice N of the carbon nitride and forming carbon dots onto its layer surface.The carbon modification dramatically enhanced visible-light harvesting and charge carrier separation. Therefore,visible light photo-catalytic oxidation of methylene blue(MB) pollution in water over the carbon modified g-C3N4(C/g-C3N4) was notably improved. Up to 99% of methylene blue(MB) was eliminated within 60 min by the optimalsample prepared from the PABA@Urea co-crystal with a PABA content of 0.1%(mass ratio), faster than the degrada-tion rate over bare g-C3N4. The present study demonstrates a new way to boost up the photocatalysis performance ofg-C3N4, which holds great potential concerning the degradation of organic dyes from water.
U2 - 10.1007/s40242-020-0073-7
DO - 10.1007/s40242-020-0073-7
M3 - Article
JO - Chemical Research in Chinese Universities
JF - Chemical Research in Chinese Universities
SN - 1005-9040
ER -