Quenching-Induced Structural Distortion of Graphitic Carbon Nitride Nanostructures: Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity and Electrochemical Hydrogen Production.

ABSTRACT: Engineered nanomaterials are emerging in the field of environmental chemistry. This study involves the analysis of the structural, electronic, crystallinity, and morphological changes in graphitic carbon nitride (g-C₃N₄), an engineered nanomaterial, under rapid cooling conditions. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller, Fourier transform infrared, Raman, band gap, and Mott-Schottky analyses strongly proved that the liquid N₂-quenched sample of g-C₃N₄ has structural distortion. The photocatalytic efficiency of engineered g-C₃N₄ nanostructures was analyzed through the degradation of reactive red 120 (RR120), methylene blue (MB), rhoda

SUBMITTER: Durairaj A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6648192 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature