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NANO ENERGY
卷 77, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.105104
关键词
One-dimensional mesoporous microtube; Double-solvent-induced self-assembly; Graphitic carbon nitride; Photocatalytic CO2 reduction; Surface adsorption
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资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21276088, U1507201]
- Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province [2014A030312009]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2020M672638]
- China Scholarship Council
The ability to create well-ordered graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) assemblies with good surface adsorption for CO2 represents an important endeavor towards achieving high photocatalytic CO2 reduction activity that yet remains a significant challenge. Herein, a simple yet robust double-solvent-induced self-assembly strategy is, for the first time, developed to yield supramolecular precursors using a single monomer for crafting one-dimensional (1D), highly porous g-C3N4 microtubes that possess remarkable photocatalytic CO2 conversion performance. Intriguingly, the introduction of water and isopropanol triggers the self-assembly of dicyandiamide under hydrothermal conditions to form a melamine-cyanaurate-like complex (MCC) composed of 1D hexagon-shaped, micron-sized crystals with outstanding thermal stability. Subsequent thermal pyrolysis converts these pillar-like crystals into 1D mesoporous g-C3N4 microtubes (denoted MCNM) comprising well-packed nano-leaf-like frameworks (i.e., hierarchical structure). Such unique microtubes are oxygen-doped g-C3N4 and mechanically stable, exhibiting improved visible-light harvesting ability, enhanced charge transfer, increased active sites, and preferred adsorption and activation for CO2, as revealed by a suite of characterization techniques. Consequently, in sharp contrast to bulk g-C3N4, the MCNM manifests a markedly improved photocatalytic activity with a CO evolution rate of 45.16 timolh(-1), reflecting an 11.0-fold enhancement and an apparent quantum efficiency of 2.55% at 420 nm. As such, the double-solvent-induced self-assembly may stand out an effective route to organized supramolecular precursors for preparing hierarchically structured g-C3N4 for efficient photocatalysis.
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