Exfoliated Graphitic Carbon Nitride Nanosheets as Efficient Catalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Under Visible Light

Yang, Shubin
Gong, Yongji
Zhang, Jinshui
Zhan, Liang
Ma, Lulu
Fang, Zheyu
Vajtai, Robert
Wang, Xinchen
Ajayan, Pulickel M.

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Publication date

January 2013

DOI

10.1002/adma.201204453

Publisher

advanced materials

ISSN

0935-9648

Journal

0935-9648

Citation count (estimate)

802

Abstract

Graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets are extracted, produced via simple liquid-phase exfoliation of a layered bulk material, g-C3N4. The resulting nanosheets, having approximate to 2 nm thickness and N/C atomic ratio of 1.31, show an optical bandgap of 2.65 eV. The carbon nitride nanosheets are demonstrated to exhibit excellent photocatalytic activity for hydrogen evolution under visible light.http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000318360700011&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=8e1609b174ce4e31116a60747a720701Chemistry, MultidisciplinaryChemistry, PhysicalNanoscience & NanotechnologyMaterials Science, MultidisciplinaryPhysics, AppliedPhysic...