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Graphitic carbon nitride with thermally-induced nitrogen defects: an efficient process to enhance photocatalytic H(2) production performance
Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C(3)N(4), CN) with nitrogen vacancies was synthesized by a controlled thermal etching method in a semi-closed air-conditioning system. The defect-modified g-C(3)N(4) shows an excellent photocatalytic performance demonstrated by water splitting under visible light irradiat...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9053999/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35518330 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0ra01425g |
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author | Dong, Guangzhi Wen, Yun Fan, Huiqing Wang, Chao Cheng, Zhenxiang Zhang, Mingchang Ma, Jiangwei Zhang, Shujun |
author_facet | Dong, Guangzhi Wen, Yun Fan, Huiqing Wang, Chao Cheng, Zhenxiang Zhang, Mingchang Ma, Jiangwei Zhang, Shujun |
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description | Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C(3)N(4), CN) with nitrogen vacancies was synthesized by a controlled thermal etching method in a semi-closed air-conditioning system. The defect-modified g-C(3)N(4) shows an excellent photocatalytic performance demonstrated by water splitting under visible light irradiation. With proper heat-treatment durations such as 2 h (CN2) and 4 h (CN4) at 550 °C, the hydrogen production rates significantly increase to 100 μmol h(−1) and 72 μmol h(−1), which are 11 times and 8 times the rate of the pristine CN (8.8 μmol h(−1)) respectively. The excellent hydrogen production performance of nitrogen defect modified CN2 is due to the synergy effect of the decreased band gap, enlarged specific surface area and increased separation/migration efficiency of photoinduced charge carriers. This simple defect engineering method provides a good paradigm to improve the photocatalytic performance by tailoring the electronic and physical structures of g-C(3)N(4). |
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spelling | pubmed-90539992022-05-04 Graphitic carbon nitride with thermally-induced nitrogen defects: an efficient process to enhance photocatalytic H(2) production performance Dong, Guangzhi Wen, Yun Fan, Huiqing Wang, Chao Cheng, Zhenxiang Zhang, Mingchang Ma, Jiangwei Zhang, Shujun RSC Adv Chemistry Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C(3)N(4), CN) with nitrogen vacancies was synthesized by a controlled thermal etching method in a semi-closed air-conditioning system. The defect-modified g-C(3)N(4) shows an excellent photocatalytic performance demonstrated by water splitting under visible light irradiation. With proper heat-treatment durations such as 2 h (CN2) and 4 h (CN4) at 550 °C, the hydrogen production rates significantly increase to 100 μmol h(−1) and 72 μmol h(−1), which are 11 times and 8 times the rate of the pristine CN (8.8 μmol h(−1)) respectively. The excellent hydrogen production performance of nitrogen defect modified CN2 is due to the synergy effect of the decreased band gap, enlarged specific surface area and increased separation/migration efficiency of photoinduced charge carriers. This simple defect engineering method provides a good paradigm to improve the photocatalytic performance by tailoring the electronic and physical structures of g-C(3)N(4). The Royal Society of Chemistry 2020-05-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9053999/ /pubmed/35518330 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0ra01425g Text en This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ |
spellingShingle | Chemistry Dong, Guangzhi Wen, Yun Fan, Huiqing Wang, Chao Cheng, Zhenxiang Zhang, Mingchang Ma, Jiangwei Zhang, Shujun Graphitic carbon nitride with thermally-induced nitrogen defects: an efficient process to enhance photocatalytic H(2) production performance |
title | Graphitic carbon nitride with thermally-induced nitrogen defects: an efficient process to enhance photocatalytic H(2) production performance |
title_full | Graphitic carbon nitride with thermally-induced nitrogen defects: an efficient process to enhance photocatalytic H(2) production performance |
title_fullStr | Graphitic carbon nitride with thermally-induced nitrogen defects: an efficient process to enhance photocatalytic H(2) production performance |
title_full_unstemmed | Graphitic carbon nitride with thermally-induced nitrogen defects: an efficient process to enhance photocatalytic H(2) production performance |
title_short | Graphitic carbon nitride with thermally-induced nitrogen defects: an efficient process to enhance photocatalytic H(2) production performance |
title_sort | graphitic carbon nitride with thermally-induced nitrogen defects: an efficient process to enhance photocatalytic h(2) production performance |
topic | Chemistry |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9053999/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35518330 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0ra01425g |
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