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JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 787, Issue -, Pages 66-71Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2017.01.042
Keywords
Carbon nitride; Quantum dots; Bi2MoO6; Photoelectrochemical performances
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21175061, 21375050, 21505055]
- Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province [BK20150486]
- Foundation of Jiangsu University [15JDG145]
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions [PAPD-2014-37]
- Qing Lan Project
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science [SKLACLS1504]
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Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) based nanohybrids have drawn considerable attentions due to superior performances. However, the photoactivity of bulk g-C3N4 is limited due to the recombination of its photogenerated electron-hole pairs. Graphitic carbon nitride quantum dots (g-CNQDs), as a newly developed semiconductor, are easily prepared and possess good stability, water-solubility and electronic properties. In this work, we explored the fabrication of nanohybrids by in situ coupling of g-CNQDs and Bi2MoO6 nanoparticles (NPs). The as prepared nanohybrids displayed nearly 3-fold and 6-fold enhanced photocurrent intensity than pure g-CNQDs and Bi2MoO6 NPs. This improvement was attributed to the accelerated charge transfer from the conduction band of g-CNQDs to that of Bi2MoO6. Based on the excellent photoelectrochemical (PEC) performances, the nanohybrids were successfully applied in the construction of Cu2+ PEC sensor. Under optimal conditions, the resulting sensor showed good performances with a wide linear range from 3 nM to 40 mu M and a good selectivity, which indicated that g-CNQDs/Bi2MoO6 nanohybrids could serve as a promising photoactive material for PEC sensing. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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