Metal-free hybrids of graphitic carbon nitride and nanodiamonds for photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic applications

Zhou, Li; Zhang, Huayang; Guo, Xiaochen; Sun, Hongqi; Liu, Shaomin; Tade, Moses O.; Wang, Shaobin

doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2017.01.038

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“…Carbon nitride (g-C3N4) which is widely employed as photocatalyst possesses outstanding properties including economical viability, environment friendly, thermal stability and suitable band structures [4]. However, short light absorption spectra and rapid recombination of photogenerated electron-hole pairs hinder the efficiency of g-C3N4 in photocatalytic application [5].…”

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Bioinspired Synthesis of Carbon Dots/g-C₃N₄ Nanocomposites for Photocatalytic Application

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This study reports a fast and green preparative strategy to synthesize water soluble and fluorescent carbon quantum dots (CQDs) through hydrothermal method by using low cost organic waste of human fingernails as the carbon precursor for the first time. The coupling of CQD with pure carbon nitride (g-C3N4) was further explored to enhance the latter’s performance in photocatalysis of 2,4-dicholorophenol (2,4-DCP), a toxic and recalcitrant compound mostly released from industrial effluent. Such coupling overcame the weakness of pure g-C3N4 in photocatalysis process by broadening its visible light absorption and promoting the charge separation. As a result, the removal rate of CQD/ g-C3N4(10) was up to 71.53%, which was approximately 1.5 times higher than that of pure g-C3N4 under sunlight irradiation. The morphological structure, optical properties and chemical compositions of CQDs/g-C3N4 composites were characterized using various spectroscopic techniques including field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), Energy Dispersive X-Ray (EDX) and Ultraviolet-visible diffuse reflectance spectra (UV-DRS).

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Bioinspired Synthesis of Carbon Dots/g-C₃N₄ Nanocomposites for Photocatalytic Application

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“…Its relative mild-gap provides only partial visible-light absorption, which along with its low separation efficiency of excited electron-hole pairs and deficient active sites, consists of the most relevant challenges concerning its optical activity [15]. These limitations, however, can be overcome by combining g-C 3 N 4 with other suitable materials and thus fabricating heterojunctions [2,[16][17][18][19].…”

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“…Relatively few works have applied DNC for photocatalytic degradation of pollutants [16,28,29], and even fewer have explored g-C 3 N 4 /DNC heterojunctions for wastewater purification and H 2 production [16,25,30]. Due to the various loose ends in the discussion on the chemical, physical, and photocatalytic properties of this system, further studies are highly desired.…”

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Metal-Free g-C3N4/Nanodiamond Heterostructures for Enhanced Photocatalytic Pollutant Removal and Bacteria Photoinactivation

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Heterogeneous photocatalysis has emerged as a promising alternative for both micropollutant removal and bacterial inactivation under solar irradiation. Among a variety of photocatalysts explored in the literature, graphite carbon nitride (g-C3N4) is a metal-free semiconductor with acceptable chemical stability, low toxicity, and excellent cost-effectiveness. To minimize its high charge recombination rate and increase the photocatalyst adsorption capacity whilst keeping the metal-free photocatalyst system idea, we proposed the heterojunction formation of g-C3N4 with diamond nanocrystals (DNCs), also known as nanodiamonds. Samples containing different amounts of DNCs were assessed as photocatalysts for pollutant removal from water and as light-activated antibacterial agents against Staphylococcus sureus. The sample containing 28.3 wt.% of DNCs presented the best photocatalytic efficiency against methylene blue, removing 71% of the initial dye concentration after 120 min, with a pseudo-first-order kinetic and a constant rate of 0.0104 min−1, which is nearly twice the value of pure g-C3N4 (0.0059 min−1). The best metal-free photocatalyst was able to promote an enhanced reduction in bacterial growth under illumination, demonstrating its capability of photocatalytic inactivation of Staphylococcus aureus. The enhanced photocatalytic activity was discussed and attributed to (i) the increased adsorption capacity promoted by the presence of DNCs; (ii) the reduced charge recombination rate due to a type-II heterojunction formation; (iii) the enhanced light absorption effectiveness; and (iv) the better charge transfer resistance. These results show that g-C3N4/DNC are low-cost and metal-free photoactive catalysts for wastewater treatment and inactivation of bacteria.

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“…For instance, hydrogen treated NDs have effective photocatalytic activity in hydrogen evolution from water splitting and reducing graphene oxide [49]. Comparatively, most works have focused on constructing NDs-based composite photocatalyst to optimize the photocatalytic performance of another photocatalyst in enhancing the light adsorption and reducing radiative recombination efficiency of photogenerated electron-holes pairs, where NDs act as modifiers [46,[50][51][52][53]. For example, the photocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity of Cu 2 O was Figure 1.…”

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Emerging applications of nanodiamonds in photocatalysis

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Hao

et al. 2021

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as a fascinating nanocarbon photocatalytic material, nanodiamonds (NDs) have attracted more and more attention recently due to their high chemical stability, high carrier mobility, narrowing band gap, easy surface modification, and mass production. this review summarizes the latest progress related to elaborated construction of NDs and NDs-based nanocomposite, including microstructure regulation of pristine NDs, elemental doping and formation a heterojunction by coupled with another semiconductor. the construction and properties of each category of NDs-based material are reviewed on their structure, preparation methods, texture control, and photocatalytic performance. Photocatalytic applications of NDs-based nanomaterials for hydrogen evolution from water splitting, organic pollution degradation, cO 2 reduction, N 2 reduction, graphene oxide reduction, and the latest advances in photocatalytic reaction mechanism have been also systematically reviewed. Finally, the challenges and prospects of the photocatalytic application of NDs are also briefly analyzed.

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Metal-free hybrids of graphitic carbon nitride and nanodiamonds for photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic applications

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Bioinspired Synthesis of Carbon Dots/g-C₃N₄ Nanocomposites for Photocatalytic Application

Bioinspired Synthesis of Carbon Dots/g-C₃N₄ Nanocomposites for Photocatalytic Application

Metal-Free g-C3N4/Nanodiamond Heterostructures for Enhanced Photocatalytic Pollutant Removal and Bacteria Photoinactivation

Emerging applications of nanodiamonds in photocatalysis

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Metal-free hybrids of graphitic carbon nitride and nanodiamonds for photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic applications

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Bioinspired Synthesis of Carbon Dots/g-C3N4 Nanocomposites for Photocatalytic Application

Bioinspired Synthesis of Carbon Dots/g-C3N4 Nanocomposites for Photocatalytic Application

Metal-Free g-C3N4/Nanodiamond Heterostructures for Enhanced Photocatalytic Pollutant Removal and Bacteria Photoinactivation

Emerging applications of nanodiamonds in photocatalysis

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