Compressible and Recyclable Monolithic g-C₃N₄/Melamine Sponge: A Facile Ultrasonic-Coating Approach and Enhanced Visible-Light Photocatalytic Activity.

ABSTRACT: Powdery photocatalysts seriously restrict their practical application due to the difficult recycle and low photocatalytic activity. In this work, a monolithic g-C₃N₄/melamine sponge (g-C₃N₄/MS) was successfully fabricated by a cost-effective ultrasonic-coating route, which is easy to achieve the uniform dispersion and firm loading of g-C₃N₄ on MS skeleton. The monolithic g-C₃N₄/MS entirely inherits the porous structure of MS and results in a larger specific surface area (SSA) than its powdery counterpart. Benefit from this monolithic structure, g-C₃N₄/MS gains more exposed active sites, enhanced visible-light absorption and separation of photogenerated carriers, thus achieving noti

SUBMITTER: Yang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5968098 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature