Open AccessPreparation of graphite phase carbon nitride (g-C3N4) micro-nano bouquet by thermal polymerization
Author(s) -
Feiwen Ma,
Yuchun Ji,
Bingsai Liu,
Jilin Wang,
Bing Zhou,
Guoyuan Zhen,
Fei Long,
Zhengguang Zou
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
materials research express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.383
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2053-1591
DOI - 10.1088/2053-1591/abc4b6
Subject(s) - x ray photoelectron spectroscopy , materials science , diffractometer , field emission microscopy , transmission electron microscopy , high resolution transmission electron microscopy , scanning electron microscope , analytical chemistry (journal) , field electron emission , nano , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , nanorod , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , optics , chemistry , electron , composite material , diffraction , organic chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
A novel kind of g-C 3 N 4 micro-nano bouquets were successfully prepared via a simple method using melamine and ammonium chloride as raw materials. X-ray diffractometer (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM), x-ray energy spectrometer (EDX), transmission electron microscope (TEM), high resolution transmission electron microscope (HRTEM),fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FT-IR) and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) were used to characterize the as-synthesized samples. The results indicated that the samples presented graphitic C 3 N 4 micro-nano bouquets. Every microstructure was composed of many petals cross gathered along with the different directions. And the tip of every single petal contained quantities of nano bouquet structures with smaller diameters. In addition, abundant nanoparticles/nanorods distributed and intertwined together on the surface of the nano bouquet structure, and then formed cocoon-like porous morphology. Besides, based on the experimental results, the reasonable chemical reactions and the corresponding growth mechanism during the preparation process of g-C 3 N 4 micro-nano bouquets were proposed. Finally, the UV–vis results showed that the sample was a wide band gap (about 3.11 eV) semiconductor.