Nitrogen-rich carbon nitride materials shock-synthesized from carbon tetrahalide and sodium dicyanoamide

Shock reactions between CX₄ (X=Br or I) and NaN(CN)₂ were investigated to prepare carbon nitrides. The post shock samples were characterized by the powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique. The XRD spectrum of the product showed a peak in the range of 0.324-0.336 nm in d-value corresponding to the (002) basal plane diffraction in graphitic structure. Elemental analysis (C, H, N, O) of the product showed that the atomic ratio of nitrogen to carbon (N/C) ranged from 0.38 to 1.3. Analysis of data revealed that the d-value increased and the nitrogen content decreased with the increase of the impact velocity.