材料科学
堆积
共价键
化学物理
二甘醇
激子
可见光谱
带隙
纳米技术
化学工程
光催化
催化作用
光电子学
化学
有机化学
物理
量子力学
乙二醇
工程类
作者
Raju Roy,Sanjit Mondal,Samita Mishra,Maqsuma Banoo,Lipipuspa Sahoo,Amit Kumar,C. P. Vinod,Arijit K. De,Ujjal K. Gautam
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.122069
摘要
The grim prospects for the industrial utilization of g-C3N4 nanosheets arise from multi-step processing resulting in low material yields and poor visible light response due to quantum confinement. Herein, we introduce a strategy for linking the adjacent layers of g-C3N4 covalently to realize a high surface area without excess mass loss in a one-step process by introducing diethylene glycol as a precursor that produces -(CH2)2-O-(CH2)2- linkers in-situ. Their presence increases interlayer spacing and introduces surface curvatures, discouraging the stacking of a larger number of layers to produce nanosheets with ∼3 times higher surface area. Interestingly, unlike other layered materials, the linkers also provide extraordinary mechanical stability against exfoliating forces. In addition, the process instills sub-bandgap states and a considerable visible light response at 500 nm to slow down the picosecond exciton recombination dynamics, resulting in ∼5 times enhancement in H2 generation efficiency from photocatalytic water-splitting over the bulk sample.
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