Graphitic C3N4-Pt nanohybrids supported on a graphene network for highly efficient methanol oxidation

Abstract

Pt heterostructures can have distinctly different physical and chemical properties to their single-phase components. Herein, a smart approach was developed for the large-scale production of graphitic C3N4-Pt (gC3N4-Pt) heterostructures on three-dimensional (3D) graphene sheet networks for highly efficient methanol oxidation. Because the gC3N4-Pt heterostructures on the conductive 3D graphene network support provide the methanol molecules good accessibility to the active sites, the obtained catalyst exhibits excellent electrocatalytic performance, including high catalytic activity, unusual CO tolerance, and good stability, and is superior to commercial Pt/C and Pt/graphene catalysts for methanol oxidation.

Reduced-sized monolayer carbon nitride nanosheets for highly improved photoresponse for cell imaging and photocatalysis

“…Due to the fascinating physicochemical and electronic properties arising from the small dimensions and quantum confinement effects (QCE) [1][2][3], ultrathin nanosheets have been the focus of substantial research in the light of fundamental studies and their broad applications in various fields, including optoelectronic devices [4], energy conversion and storage [5], sensors [6][7][8][9], biomedicine [10], and catalysis [11][12][13][14][15]. In particular, polymeric graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets (GCNNs), an n-type semiconductor, have been receiving considerable attention due to their many intriguing advantages such as the fact that they contain no metal, and nontoxicity, easy availability, sensitive photo-response, excellent chemical and thermal stability, and unique electronic structures [16][17][18][19].…”

Nanomagnetic CoPt truncated octahedrons: facile synthesis, superior electrocatalytic activity and stability for methanol oxidation

“…3b, the MOR curves have two well-separated peaks: the anodic peaks in the forward and backward scans. During the forward scan, the current density increases with increasing potential but then decreases with further increasing of potential, resulting in an obvious peak at around 0.7 V, which is attributed to the amount of methanol oxidized at the electrode surface [26,39]. When the scan is backward, the oxidation peak at about 0.45 V is generated due to the oxidization of the residual carbon species [40].…”

Graphitized nanocarbon-supported metal catalysts: synthesis, properties, and applications in heterogeneous catalysis

“…In heterogeneous catalysis, carbon material plays wellestablished and important roles in a wide range of applications, both as catalyst in its own right and as a unique support material [11][12][13][14][15]. The chemical stability of carbon supports in some specifically aqueous phase biomass conversion surpasses that of metal oxide materials; in addition, carbon materials present other common and key advantages as support materials for catalysis [1,5].…”

“…These are composed entirely of carbon but have different physical structures and different names, including diamond, graphite, fullerenes, and carbines, among others [1][2][3][4][5]. Because these various and versatile allotropes produce materials with a large range of properties, carbon materials can be used in a number of technological processes, including high-tech catalytic ones [6][7][8][9][10].In heterogeneous catalysis, carbon material plays wellestablished and important roles in a wide range of applications, both as catalyst in its own right and as a unique support material [11][12][13][14][15]. The chemical stability of carbon supports in some specifically aqueous phase biomass conversion surpasses that of metal oxide materials; in addition, carbon materials present other common and key advantages as support materials for catalysis [1,5].…”