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Precisely Located C@g-C3N4 Nanorod for Efficient Visible Light Photocatalysis

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Abstract

Herein we report a core–shell structured C@g-C3N4 nanorod with precisely located carbon and carbon nitride, fabricated by a nanocasting method using externally functionalized “non-calcinated” SBA-15 as a template. The resultant C@g-C3N4 core–shell architecture not only promotes the charge separation and visible light absorption, but also improves the utilization of active sites and their stability. Thanks to these features C@g-C3N4 nanorod proved to be a more efficient photocatalyst for degradation of methylene blue and phenol than the pristine (mesoporous) carbon nitride polymers. This is to our knowledge a unique example of g-C3N4-containing composite that demonstrates an intended location of active sites and controlled morphology together with excellent optical activity as well as photo redox performance. Such a core–shell structured C@g-C3N4 nanorod can find wide applications in environmental treatment and photoelectrochemical detection of organic dyes.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFB1105100), and the funding from Science Foundation of China University of Petroleum, Beijing (24620188JC005).

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    Ying Yang, Ke Yang, Shuai Shao, Na Zhang & Shijie Hao

  2. State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Suzhou Research Institute of LICP, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics(LICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, 730000, Lanzhou, China

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Abbreviations: CNT, carbon nanotube; OMC, ordered mesoporous carbon; CTES, 2-cyanoethyltriethoxysilane; DCDA, dicyandiamide; B-CN, bulk g-C3N4; mpg-C3N4, mesoporous g-C3N4; TEOS, tetraethyl orthosilicate; MB, methyl blue; DMF, N,N'-dimethylformamide; t-BuOH, tert-butyl alcohol, EDTA-2Na, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid disodium salt; BQ, 1,4-benzoquinone; TEM, transmission electron microscopy, HAADF-STEM, high-angle annular dark-field scanning TEM; XRD, X-ray diffraction; FT-IR, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; DRS, diffuse reflectance absorption; EIS, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; PL, photoluminescence; SAXS, small-angle X-ray scattering; RHE, reversible hydrogen electrode; AFM, atomic force microscopy; E, photocatalytic degradation efficiency; EDS, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy; VB, valence band; CB, conduction band; NHE, normal hydrogen electrode.

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Yang, Y., Yang, K., Zhu, G. et al. Precisely Located C@g-C3N4 Nanorod for Efficient Visible Light Photocatalysis. Kinet Catal 62, 375–386 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0023158421030101

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