Sugarcane juice derived carbon dot-graphitic carbon nitride composites for bisphenol A degradation under sunlight irradiation.

ABSTRACT: Carbon dots (CDs) and graphitic carbon nitride (g-C₃N₄) composites (CD/g-C₃N₄) were successfully synthesized by a hydrothermal method using urea and sugarcane juice as starting materials. The chemical composition, morphological structure and optical properties of the composites and CDs were characterized using various spectroscopic techniques as well as transmission electron microscopy. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) results revealed new signals for carbonyl and carboxyl groups originating from the CDs in CD/g-C₃N₄ composites while X-ray diffraction (XRD) results showed distortion of the host matrix after incorporating CDs into g-C₃N₄. Both analyses signified the interaction between g-C₃

SUBMITTER: Sim LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5815291 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature