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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
Volume 818, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.152916
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Exfoliate g-C3N4; Low thermal treatment; Dispersion method; Ultrasonication; Thin films
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- Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia [GUP2018-113]
- UKM Centre for Research and Instrumentation (CRIM)
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This paper reports the successful exfoliation of nanosheets from bulk g-C3N4 by using urea as a precursor. The alteration from bulk g-C3N4 powder, changed its semiconductor arrangements such as the optical absorption, chemical bonding, and topography images. A slow direct low thermal treatment (similar to 40 degrees C, 24 h) was proposed as a formation of a thinner layer by layer, complete and effective polymerization for an exfoliated g-C3N4. The photocurrent responses were more than two times higher for exfoliated g-C3N4 compared with bulk g-C3N4, reaching similar to 4.37 mu A cm(-2) up to 10.21 mu A cm(-2) at 1.23 vs. (Ag/AgCl). This fabrication method involved dispersing of the highly stable g-C3N4 suspension onto FTO surface via spin coating, followed by a moderate post-annealing temperature at 350 degrees C. The monolayer g-C3N4 act as a photoelectrode, responding to light and dark current, and maintained its own intrinsic n-types properties. The interaction of the C and N atom with molecules of methanol (CH3OH) followed with vibration force (ultrasonication) produces the ultrafast drying and can transmit to disrupt the van derWaals forces within the g-C3N4 structure. Therefore, due to the ability the good performance, the exfoliated g-C3N4 can be envisioned as a potential application such as water splitting, solar cell, and environmental remediation. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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