Synthesis of crumpled nanosheets of polymeric carbon nitride from melamine cyanurate
- Laboratorio de Materiales Avanzados (Advanced Materials Laboratory) ETSIIAA, Universidad de Valladolid, Avenida de Madrid 44, 34004 Palencia (Spain)
- Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo. Postal 70-360, Cd. Universitaria, Mexico, D.F. 04510 (Mexico)
Polymeric carbon nitride was synthesized by pyrolysis in nitrogen flux at different temperatures between 450 and 700 °C using melamine cyanurate as a reagent and sulfuric acid as a catalyst. The obtained carbon nitride consisted of curled nanosheets (650 °C), and globular particles (700 °C) with formula C₆N₇NHNH₂. The reaction yield of the catalyzed reaction was around the 15% for the sample treated at 700 °C, in a tapped crucible. The optical band gap of the polymer obtained at 700 °C is around 2.9 eV. The gap to the Fermi level is around 2 eV, considerably above the half of the band gap (due to electrons trapped in the gap), indicating that the polymer is probably a n-type semiconductor. - Graphical abstract: Transition from amorphous to crystalline carbon nitride, which is composed of globular particles and is a n-type wide band semiconductor. Highlights: • We synthetized carbon nitride using melamine cyanurate. • The reaction of carbon nitride formation is catalyzed by sulfuric acid. • The carbon nitride obtained at 700 °C is composed of globular particles. • The material obtained at 700 °C is a n-type semiconductor.
- OSTI ID:
- 22306280
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Vol. 201; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0022-4596
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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