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Ma L, Lin C, Jiang W, Yan S, Jiang H, Song X, Ai X, Cao X, Ding Y. Achieving Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution through the Construction of g-C 3N 4@PdS@Pt Nanocomposites. Molecules 2024; 29:493. [PMID: 38276572 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29020493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2023] [Revised: 01/13/2024] [Accepted: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 01/27/2024] Open
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Selective supported catalysts have emerged as a promising approach to enhance carrier separation, particularly in the realm of photocatalytic hydrogen production. Herein, a pioneering exploration involves the loading of PdS and Pt catalyst onto g-C3N4 nanosheets to construct g-C3N4@PdS@Pt nanocomposites. The photocatalytic activity of nanocomposites was evaluated under visible light and full spectrum irradiation. The results show that g-C3N4@PdS@Pt nanocomposites exhibit excellent properties. Under visible light irradiation, these nanocomposites exhibit a remarkable production rate of 1289 μmol·g-1·h-1, marking a staggering 60-fold increase compared to g-C3N4@Pt (20.9 μmol·g-1·h-1). Furthermore, when subjected to full spectrum irradiation, the hydrogen production efficiency of g-C3N4@PdS@Pt-3 nanocomposites reaches an impressive 11,438 μmol·g-1·h-1, representing an eightfold enhancement compared to g-C3N4@Pt (1452 μmol·g-1·h-1) under identical conditions. Detailed investigations into the microstructure and optical properties of g-C3N4@PdS catalysts were conducted, shedding light on the mechanisms governing photocatalytic hydrogen production. This study offers valuable insights into the potential of these nanocomposites and their pivotal role in advancing photocatalysis.
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- Ligang Ma
- School of Electronic Engineering, Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, Nanjing 211171, China
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- School of Electronic Engineering, Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, Nanjing 211171, China
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- School of Electronic Engineering, Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, Nanjing 211171, China
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- School of Electronic Engineering, Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, Nanjing 211171, China
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- School of Electronic Engineering, Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, Nanjing 211171, China
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- School of Electronic Engineering, Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, Nanjing 211171, China
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- School of Physics and Information Engineering, Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center of Basic Education Big Data Application, Jiangsu Second Normal University, Nanjing 210013, China
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- School of Physics and Information Engineering, Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center of Basic Education Big Data Application, Jiangsu Second Normal University, Nanjing 210013, China
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- School of Electronic Engineering, Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, Nanjing 211171, China
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Lee JH, Jeong SY, Son YD, Lee SW. Facile Fabrication of TiO 2 Quantum Dots-Anchored g-C 3N 4 Nanosheets as 0D/2D Heterojunction Nanocomposite for Accelerating Solar-Driven Photocatalysis. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2023; 13:nano13091565. [PMID: 37177110 PMCID: PMC10180858 DOI: 10.3390/nano13091565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2023] [Revised: 05/02/2023] [Accepted: 05/04/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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TiO₂ semiconductors exhibit a low catalytic activity level under visible light because of their large band gap and fast recombination of electron-hole pairs. This paper reports the simple fabrication of a 0D/2D heterojunction photocatalyst by anchoring TiO₂ quantum dots (QDs) on graphite-like C₃N₄ (g-C₃N₄) nanosheets (NSs); the photocatalyst is denoted as TiO₂ QDs@g-C₃N₄. The nanocomposite was characterized via analytical instruments, such as powder X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, t orange (MO) under solar light were compared. The TiO₂ QDs@g-C₃N₄ photocatalyst exhibited 95.57% MO degradation efficiency and ~3.3-fold and 5.7-fold higher activity level than those of TiO₂ QDs and g-C₃N₄ NSs, respectively. Zero-dimensional/two-dimensional heterojunction formation with a staggered electronic structure leads to the efficient separation of photogenerated charge carriers via a Z-scheme pathway, which significantly accelerates photocatalysis under solar light. This study provides a facile synthetic method for the rational design of 0D/2D heterojunction nanocomposites with enhanced solar-driven catalytic activity.
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- Jin-Hyoek Lee
- Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, Gachon University, Seongnam-si 13120, Republic of Korea
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- Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, Gachon University, Seongnam-si 13120, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of IT Convergence, Gachon University, Seongnam-si 13120, Republic of Korea
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- Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, Gachon University, Seongnam-si 13120, Republic of Korea
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Wu Z, Shi X, Liu T, Xu X, Yu H, Zhang Y, Qin L, Dong X, Jia Y. Remarkable Pyro-Catalysis of g-C 3N 4 Nanosheets for Dye Decoloration under Room-Temperature Cold-Hot Cycle Excitation. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2023; 13:1124. [PMID: 36986019 PMCID: PMC10056075 DOI: 10.3390/nano13061124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2023] [Revised: 03/18/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Pyroelectric materials have the ability to convert the environmental cold-hot thermal energy such as day-night temperature alternation into electrical energy. The novel pyro-catalysis technology can be designed and realized on the basis of the product coupling between pyroelectric and electrochemical redox effects, which is helpful for the actual dye decomposition. The organic two-dimensional (2D) graphic carbon nitride (g-C3N4), as an analogue of graphite, has attracted considerable interest in the field of material science; however, its pyroelectric effect has rarely been reported. In this work, the remarkable pyro-catalytic performance was achieved in the 2D organic g-C3N4 nanosheet catalyst materials under the continuous room-temperature cold-hot thermal cycling excitation from 25 °C to 60 °C. The pyro-catalytic RhB dye decoloration efficiency of the 2D organic g-C3N4 can reach ~92.6%. Active species such as the superoxide radicals and hydroxyl radicals are observed as the intermediate products in the pyro-catalysis process of the 2D organic g-C3N4 nanosheets. The pyro-catalysis of the 2D organic g-C3N4 nanosheets provides efficient technology for wastewater treatment applications, utilizing the ambient cold-hot alternation temperature variations in future.
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- Zheng Wu
- Xi’an Key Laboratory of Textile Chemical Engineering Auxiliaries, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Xi’an Polytechnic University, Xi’an 710048, China; (Z.W.)
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- Xi’an Key Laboratory of Textile Chemical Engineering Auxiliaries, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Xi’an Polytechnic University, Xi’an 710048, China; (Z.W.)
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- Xi’an Key Laboratory of Textile Chemical Engineering Auxiliaries, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Xi’an Polytechnic University, Xi’an 710048, China; (Z.W.)
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- College of Materials and Chemistry, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China;
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, China;
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- School of Science, Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications, Xi’an 710121, China
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- College of Materials and Chemistry, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China;
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China;
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- School of Science, Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications, Xi’an 710121, China
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Zhou D, Wang C, Luo J, Yang M. C 3N 4 nanosheet-supported Prussian Blue nanoparticles as a peroxidase mimic: colorimetric enzymatic determination of lactate. Mikrochim Acta 2019; 186:735. [PMID: 31673799 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-019-3834-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2019] [Accepted: 09/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Prussian Blue nanoparticles were deposited on g-C3N4 nanosheets. The resulting nanocomposite possesses peroxidase-like (POx) activity and can catalyze the oxidation of 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine at room temperature in the presence of H2O2. This leads to formation of a blue product with an absorption maximum at 650 nm. The formation of the Prussian Blue nanoparticles on the g-C3N4 nanosheets, and the POx-like activity of the composite were characterized in detail. The POx mimic was used for determination of L-lactic acid via detection of H2O2 that is produced by the enzyme lactate oxidase (LOx). The assay has a linear range that extends from 5 to 100 μM, and the detection limit is 2.2 μM. The method was successfully applied to the determination of L-lactic acid in spiked human serum. Graphical abstract Ultra-small Prussian Blue (PB) nanoparticles were used to modify g-C3N4 nanosheets, and their peroxidase-like activity was explored for detection of L-lactic acid. LOx represent L-lactate oxidase, and TMB represents 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine.
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- Dandan Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Hunan Province for Water Environment and Agriculture Product Safety, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China
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- Key Laboratory of Hunan Province for Water Environment and Agriculture Product Safety, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China
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- Key Laboratory of Hunan Province for Water Environment and Agriculture Product Safety, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China
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- Key Laboratory of Hunan Province for Water Environment and Agriculture Product Safety, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China.
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Wang S, Liu R, Li C. Highly Selective and Sensitive Detection of Hg 2+ Based on Förster Resonance Energy Transfer between CdSe Quantum Dots and g-C 3N 4 Nanosheets. Nanoscale Res Lett 2018; 13:235. [PMID: 30105486 PMCID: PMC6089853 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-018-2647-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2018] [Accepted: 08/01/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In the presence of Hg2+, a fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) system was constructed between CdSe quantum dots (QDs) (donor) and g-C3N4 (receptors). Nanocomposites of g-C3N4 supported by CdSe QDs (CdSe QDs/g-C3N4 nanosheets) were fabricated through an electrostatic interaction route in an aqueous solution. The nanocomposites were characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. Results showed that the g-C3N4 nanosheets were decorated randomly by CdSe QDs, with average diameter of approximately 7 nm. The feasibility of the FRET system as a sensor was demonstrated by Hg (II) detection in water. At pH 7, a linear relationship was observed between the fluorescence intensity and the concentration of Hg (II) (0-32 nmol/L), with a detection limit of 5.3 nmol/L. The new detection method was proven to be sensitive for detecting Hg2+ in water solutions. Moreover, the method showed high selectivity for Hg2+ over several metal ions, including Na+, Mg2+, Ca2+, Pb2+, Cr3+, Cd2+, Zn2+, and Cu2+. The CdSe QDs/g-C3N4 nanosheet conjugate exhibited desirable long-term stability and reversibility as a novel FRET sensor. The novel FRET-based fluorescence detection provided an attractive assay platform for quantifying Hg2+ in complex water solutions.
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- Shan Wang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xianyang Normal University, Xianyang, 712000 People’s Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xianyang Normal University, Xianyang, 712000 People’s Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xianyang Normal University, Xianyang, 712000 People’s Republic of China
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Zhang R, Wang Y, Zhang Z, Cao J. Highly Sensitive Acetone Gas Sensor Based on g-C₃N₄ Decorated MgFe₂O₄ Porous Microspheres Composites. Sensors (Basel) 2018; 18:E2211. [PMID: 29996480 DOI: 10.3390/s18072211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2018] [Revised: 07/02/2018] [Accepted: 07/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The g-C3N4 decorated magnesium ferrite (MgFe2O4) porous microspheres composites were successfully obtained via a one-step solvothermal method. The structure and morphology of the as-prepared MgFe2O4/g-C3N4 composites were characterized by the techniques of X-ray diffraction (XRD), field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), thermal gravity and differential scanning calorimeter (TG–DSC) and N2-sorption. The gas sensing properties of the samples were measured and compared with a pure MgFe2O4-based sensor. The maximum response of the sensor based on MgFe2O4/g-C3N4 composites with 10 wt % g-C3N4 content to acetone is improved by about 145 times, while the optimum temperature was lowered by 60 °C. Moreover, the sensing mechanism and the reason for improving gas sensing performance were also discussed.
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Le TMO, Lam TH, Pham TN, Ngo TC, Lai ND, Do DB, Nguyen VM. Enhancement of Rhodamine B Degradation by Ag Nanoclusters-Loaded g-C₃N₄ Nanosheets. Polymers (Basel) 2018; 10:polym10060633. [PMID: 30966667 PMCID: PMC6403959 DOI: 10.3390/polym10060633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2018] [Revised: 06/03/2018] [Accepted: 06/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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In this paper, silver (Ag) nanoclusters-loaded graphitic carbon nitride (g-C₃N₄) nanosheets are synthesized and their physical properties as well as photocatalytic activities are systematically investigated by different techniques. The existence of Ag atoms in the form of nanoclusters (NCs) rather than well-crystallized nanoparticles are evidenced by X-ray diffraction patterns, SEM images, and XPS spectra. The deposition of Ag nanoclusters on the surface of g-C₃N₄ nanosheets affect the crystal structure and slightly reduce the band gap energy of g-C₃N₄. The sharp decrease of photoluminescence intensity indicates that g-C₃N₄/Ag heterojunctions successfully prevent the recombination of photo-generated electrons and holes. The photocatalytic activities of as-synthesized photocatalysts are demonstrated through the degradation of rhodamine B (RhB) solutions under Xenon lamp irradiation. It is demonstrated that the photocatalytic activity depends strongly on the molar concentration of Ag⁺ in the starting solution. The g-C₃N₄/Ag heterojunctions prepared from 0.01 M of Ag⁺ starting solution exhibit the highest photocatalytic efficiency and allow 100% degradation of RhB after being exposed for 60 min under a Xenon lamp irradiation, which is four times faster than that of pure g-C₃N₄ nanosheets.
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- Thi Mai Oanh Le
- Center for Nano Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics, Hanoi National University of Education, 136 Xuan Thuy Road, Cau Giay District, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam.
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- Center for Nano Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics, Hanoi National University of Education, 136 Xuan Thuy Road, Cau Giay District, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam.
- Hanoi University of Natural Resources and Environment, Phu Dien Road, North-Tu Liem District, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam.
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- Center for Nano Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics, Hanoi National University of Education, 136 Xuan Thuy Road, Cau Giay District, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam.
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Hanoi National University of Education, 136 Xuan Thuy Road, Cau Giay District, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam.
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- Laboratoire de Photonique Quantiqueet Moléulaire, UMR 8537, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, Centrale Supélec, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 61 avenue du Président Wilson, 94235 Cachan, France.
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- Center for Nano Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics, Hanoi National University of Education, 136 Xuan Thuy Road, Cau Giay District, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam.
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- Center for Nano Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics, Hanoi National University of Education, 136 Xuan Thuy Road, Cau Giay District, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam.
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