Phosphorus‐Doped Carbon Nitride Tubes with a Layered Micro‐nanostructure for Enhanced Visible‐Light Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution |
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| Authors: | Shien Guo Dr Zhaopeng Deng Dr Mingxia Li Dr Baojiang Jiang Prof Chungui Tian Prof Qingjiang Pan Prof Honggang Fu |
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| Affiliation: | Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, P.R. China |
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| Abstract: | Phosphorus‐doped hexagonal tubular carbon nitride (P‐TCN) with the layered stacking structure was obtained from a hexagonal rod‐like single crystal supramolecular precursor (monoclinic, C2/m). The production process of P‐TCN involves two steps: 1) the precursor was prepared by self‐assembly of melamine with cyanuric acid from in situ hydrolysis of melamine under phosphorous acid‐assisted hydrothermal conditions; 2) the pyrolysis was initiated at the center of precursor under heating, thus giving the hexagonal P‐TCN. The tubular structure favors the enhancement of light scattering and active sites. Meanwhile, the introduction of phosphorus leads to a narrow band gap and increased electric conductivity. Thus, the P‐TCN exhibited a high hydrogen evolution rate of 67 μmol h?1 (0.1 g catalyst, λ >420 nm) in the presence of sacrificial agents, and an apparent quantum efficiency of 5.68 % at 420 nm, which is better than most of bulk g‐C3N4 reported. |
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| Keywords: | carbon nitride micro-nanostructure nanotubes phosphorus doping photocatalytic hydrogen evolution |
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