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Highly efficient pollutant removal of graphitic carbon nitride by the synergistic effect of adsorption and photocatalytic degradation.

ABSTRACT: Environmental remediation based on semiconducting materials offers a green solution for pollution control in water. Herein, we report a novel graphitic carbon nitride (g-C₃N₄) by one-step polycondensation of urea. The novel g-C₃N₄ material with a surface area of 114 m² g^-1 allowed the repetitive adsorption of the rhodamine B (RhB) dye and facilitated its complete photocatalytic degradation upon light irradiation in 20 min. This study provides new insights into the fabrication of g-C₃N₄-based materials and facilitates their potential application in the synergistic removal of harmful organic pollutants in the field of water purification.

SUBMITTER: Song X

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9078411 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

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Highly efficient pollutant removal of graphitic carbon nitride by the synergistic effect of adsorption and photocatalytic degradation.

Song Xueping X Yang Qin Q Yin Mengyun M Tang Dan D Zhou Limei L

RSC advances 20180213 13

Environmental remediation based on semiconducting materials offers a green solution for pollution control in water. Herein, we report a novel graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) by one-step polycondensation of urea. The novel g-C3N4 material with a surface area of 114 m2 g-1 allowed the repetitive adsorption of the rhodamine B (RhB) dye and facilitated its complete photocatalytic degradation upon light irradiation in 20 min. This st ...[more]

PMID: 35540325

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