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Tailoring chemical structures and intermolecular interactions of melem intermediates for highly efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution of g-C3N4

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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
卷 563, 期 -, 页码 -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.150384

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Photocatalysis; Hydrogen evolution; Melem; Intermolecular interactions; G-C3N4

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [51902259]
  2. Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province [2020JQ-181]
  3. China Postdoctoral Science foundation [2018M641017]

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This study proposes a novel strategy to obtain highly efficient g-C3N4 by tailoring molecular structures and intermolecular interactions of intermediates. The protonated melem derived g-C3N4 fabricated in this study exhibits favorable crystalline order and porous structure with a large specific surface area, showing promising photocatalytic activity for hydrogen production under visible light.
Additional pre-modification on precursors or post-treatment on polymeric graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) induces variation in physicochemical and optoelectronic properties. However, the enhancement is still limited because the treatment is done either before the formation of the repeated units melem or after the formation of the polymer plane. Accordingly, the tailoring of the crystalline phase, nanomorphology and electronic band structure on g-C3N4 is less efficient. Herein, we propose a novel strategy to obtain highly efficient g-C3N4 by tailoring of molecular structures and intermolecular interactions of intermediates. A protonated melem derived g-C3N4 (PM-CN) is fabricated via recalcination of HNO3-treated melem intermediates. The HNO3 treatment induces oxygen-containing functional groups on melem molecules and NO3- inserted into adjacent stacking layers, which results in a favorable crystalline order. In addition, porous structure with large specific surface area is obtained since release of gases occurs during recalcination of HNO3-treated melem. These features endow favorable charge transport conditions and large driving force for hydrogen production. The prepared PM-CN exhibits a promising photocatalytic activity under visible light with a hydrogen production rate up to 3.085 mmol h-1 g-1. This study provides a novel strategy for optimize the crystalline phase and nanostructure of polymers for energy-related applications.

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