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ACS NANO
卷 12, 期 6, 页码 5463-5472出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b00884
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graphitic carbon nitride; poly(triazine imide); vibrational spectroscopy; EELS; structural disorder
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- U.S. Department of Energy [DE-SC000495]
- ASU's John M. Cowley Center for High Resolution Electron Microscopy, Carbodeon Ltd.
- ASU's Eyring Materials Center, Carbodeon Ltd.
In graphitic carbon nitrides, (photo)catalytic functionality is underpinned by the effect that residual hydrogen content, manifesting in amine (N-H-x) defects, has on its optoelectronic properties. Therefore, a detailed understanding of the variation in the local structure of graphitic carbon nitrides is key for understanding structure-activity relationships. Here, we apply aloof beam vibrational electron energy-loss spectroscopy in the scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) to locally detect variations in hydrogen content in two different layered carbon nitrides with nanometer resolution. Through low dose rate TEM, we obtain atomically resolved images from crystalline and disordered carbon nitrides. By employing an aloof-beam configuration in a monochromated STEM, radiation damage can be dramatically reduced, yielding vibrational spectra from carbon nitrides to be assessed on 10's of nanometer length scales. We find that in disordered graphitic carbon nitrides the relative amine content can vary locally up to 27%. Cyano (C equivalent to N) defects originating from uncondensed precursor are also revealed by probing small volumes, which cannot be detected by infrared absorption or Raman scattering spectroscopies. The utility of this technique is realized for heterogeneous soft materials, such as disordered graphitic carbon nitrides, in which methods to probe catalytically active sites remain elusive.
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