Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE-NANO
Volume 4, Issue 1, Pages 212-221Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c6en00410e
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- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR, Government of India) [CSC0114]
- CSIR
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Environmental remediation employing sunlight-active semiconductor nano-heterostructures provides effective solutions for handling emerging contaminants through a greener approach. Herein, we report the creation of ultrafine dispersions of Co3O4 nanoparticles in a g-C3N4 matrix by a simple one-pot synthetic strategy involving the co-pyrolysis of constituent raw materials. Calcination of a homogeneous mixture of melamine and cobalt nitrate at 550 degrees C/2 h leads to the formation of Co3O4-C3N4 p-n nanoheterojunctions that displayed extended absorption in the visible wavelength region owing to the synergistic role of Co3O4 particles. Moreover, the surface area values of the composites reached 90 m(2) g(-1), a tenfold increase from the value of 8 m2 g-1 obtained for the pristine C3N4. The band bending, induced by the p-n nano-heterojunctions, leads to the formation of intimate interfaces having enhanced photophysical properties. The mass normalized photoluminescence spectra of the heterojunctions indicated reduced exciton recombinations that are validated further by the enhanced sunlight-induced photocatalytic degradation of a mixture of methylene blue and tetracycline organic pollutants.
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