SiO2/g-C3N4 nanocomposite-catalyzed green synthesis of di-indolyloxindols under mild conditions

In this study, a facile and benign protocol was introduced for the immobilization of SiO₂ nanoparticles onto g-C₃N₄ nanosheets. The corresponding nanocomposite (SiO₂/g-C₃N₄) was characterized by various techniques, including X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, thermo-gravimetric analysis, and Fourier transform infrared spectra. The activity of a SiO₂/g-C₃N₄ nanocomposite was investigated in C–C bond formation reaction. The Friedel–Crafts 3-indolylation reaction of isatin with indole derivatives was investigated in the presence of a catalytic amount of SiO₂/g-C₃N₄ nanocomposite at ambient temperature in water as a green medium. The results showed that the corresponding products were obtained in good to excellent yields. In addition, the electron-releasing groups in the R¹ position of the indole ring or electron-withdrawing groups on the R⁴ position of isatin gave excellent yields (91–95%). Some advantages of this method include short reaction time, excellent yields, easy work-up, and the use of water as a green solvent.

     

MxCo3O4/g-C3N4 Derived from Bimetallic MOFs/g-C3N4 Composites for Styrene Epoxidation by Synergistic Photothermal Catalysis

Although metal-organic frameworks(MOFs) have been widely reported as precursors for obtaining various porous materials in recent years, the limited MOF types and monofunctional active site of MOF-based catalysts remain to be hard to crack. Herein, bimetallic MOFs, MCo-ZIFs stabilized by graphitized carbon nitride(g-C₃N₄) and their pyrolytic M_xCo₃O₄/g-C₃N₄ hybrids(M=Zn, Cu, Fe, Ni) have been designedly synthesized. The obtained M_xCo₃O₄/g-C₃N₄ hybrids display synergistic photothermal effect from both M_xCo₃O₄ and g-C₃N₄ under visible light irradiation. Significantly, the solution temperature can be heated from room temperature(20℃) to 66℃ after 40 min irradiation. Therefore, the catalytic activity of M_xCo₃O₄/g-C₃N₄ exceeds those of most reported catalysts under mild reaction conditions. The optimal Zn_xCo₃O₄/g-C₃N₄ catalyst realizes 96% conversion and 75% selectivity toward styrene oxide within 20 min. Incredibly, the Cu_xCo₃O₄/g-C₃N₄ could achieve up to 89% selectivity toward styrene oxide. To our knowledge, this is the first report about the novel photothermal effect of ZIFs-derived metal oxides.     

In-situ Construction of Sulfur-doped g-C3N4/defective g-C3N4 Iso-type Step-scheme Heterojunction for Boosting Photocatalytic H2 Evolution

The rational construction of a high-efficiency stepscheme heterojunctions is an effective strategy to accelerate the photocatalytic H₂.Unfortunately,the variant energy-level matching between two different semiconductor confers limited the photocatalytic performance.Herein,a newfangled graphitic-carbon nitride(g-C₃N₄)based isotype step-scheme heterojunction,which consists of sulfur-doped and defective active sites in one microstructural unit,is successfully developed by in-situ polymerizing N,N-dimethylformamide(DMF)and urea,accompanied by sulfur(S)powder.Therein,the polymerization between the amino groups of DMF and the amide group of urea endows the formation of rich defects.The propulsive integration of S-dopants contributes to the excellent fluffiness and dispersibility of lamellar g-C₃N₄.Moreover,the developed heterojunction exhibits a significantly enlarged surface area,thus leading to the more exposed catalytically active sites.Most importantly,the simultaneous introduction of S-doping and defects in the units of g-C₃N₄ also results in a significant improvement in the separation,transfer and recombination efficiency of photo-excited electron-hole pairs.Therefore,the resulting isotype step-scheme heterojunction possesses a superior photocatalytic H₂ evolution activity in comparison with pristine g-C₃N₄.The newly afforded metal-free isotype step-scheme heterojunction in this work will supply a new insight into coupling strategies of heteroatoms doping and defect engineering for various photocatalytic systems.     

g-C3N4光催化材料的第一性原理研究

能源短缺和环境恶化是人类社会快速发展面临的重大难题。太阳能作为一种清洁无污染的理想新型能源,具有取之不尽、用之不竭的特点,是实现可持续发展的最佳能源选择。半导体光催化可以直接利用太阳光进行催化反应,得到了广泛关注。作为一种低成本无金属光催化剂,g-C₃N₄具有独特的电子能带结构、优良的化学稳定性和热力学稳定性,在光催化领域如分解水制氢制氧、降解有机污染物、CO₂还原、抗菌和有机官能团选择性转换等方面表现出巨大的应用前景。目前g-C₃N₄光催化剂存在着如比表面积小、可见光利用率低、量子产率低和光生载流子易复合等问题,制约了其在光催化领域的应用。因此,提升g-C₃N₄光催化性能是光催化研究领域的重要课题。第一性原理具有半经验方法不可比拟的优势,已成为光催化研究领域计算和模拟的重要基础。基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理在光催化领域的广泛应用,为有效迅速地探求能够改善g-C₃N₄光催化性能的方法提供了明确的研究手段。本文从理论计算的角度综述了近年来在g-C₃N₄改性方面所取得的一些重要研究进展,主要包括元素掺杂、复合和形貌调控等改性手段。本文以g-C₃N₄改性光催化剂为研究对象,从电子性质、能带结构、光学性质和缺陷形成能的角度阐述了各种改性手段提高光催化活性的微观机理。最后,在总结前文所述各类改性研究的基础上,对g-C₃N₄改性光催化剂未来的发展趋势作出了展望。     

二维纳米材料g-C3N4在电化学发光中的应用研究

电化学发光(ECL)兼备电化学和化学发光的特点,灵敏度高、线性范围宽、背景干扰小,得到了广大分析科学研究者的关注;传统的ECL材料虽然发光效率高,但仍存在价格昂贵、负载量低等缺点。g-C₃N₄是一种不含金属的半导体纳米材料,主要以三嗪环或七嗪环为基本结构单元,通过层间的范德华力以及层内的C—N共价键结合,构成类石墨的二维层状结构,具有性质稳定、能带结构独特、生物兼容性好、环保无毒、易于功能化、原料价廉、制备过程简单等优点。自2012年g-C₃N₄首次被发现具备ECL的性能,至今已被广泛应用到ECL中。本文根据ECL的发光机理、传感器的作用效果、传感的信号类型以及不同的检测对象进行了分类,综述了近年来g-C₃N₄在ECL传感器构建中的研究进展,并阐述了g-C₃N₄在ECL发展中存在的挑战和前景。     

An efficiently and quickly synthesized NiO@g-C3N4 nanocomposite-catalyzed green synthesis of spirooxindole derivatives

Research on Chemical Intermediates - NiO@g-C3N4 as an efficient catalyst for the synthesis of spirooxindole derivatives was prepared by impregnation of g-C3N4 with NiO nanoparticles and...     

g-C3N4纳米片制备方法研究

作为一种sp2共轭体系的非金属聚合物半导体,g-C3N4纳米片在光电化学、催化、光催化及生物医药等领域具有广泛的应用前景。本文综述了g-C3N4纳米片的制备方法,总结了各种不同方法制备g-C3N4纳米片的的优缺点,并对g-C3N4纳米片的发展进行了展望。     

Fe3O4/g-C3N4磁性固相萃取湖水中的3种苯甲酰脲杀虫剂

建立了Fe3O4/g-C3N4磁性固相萃取,结合高效液相色谱-可变波长紫外检测,用于测定湖水中3种苯甲酰脲杀虫剂的新方法.实验考察了溶液pH、离子强度、吸附剂用量、吸附时间、洗脱溶剂种类和体积对3种目标物回收率的影响.在最优实验条件下,氟铃脲和虱螨脲在0.50～500 ng/mL(r≥0.9997)、氟啶脲在0.20～...     

一种简单前驱体预处理策略制备多孔氮化碳和负载型多孔氮化碳及其高效可见光光催化活性

作为一种非金属半导体光催化剂,石墨相氮化碳(g-C3N4)已广泛应用于水中有机污染物去除、劈裂水产氢、二氧化碳还原制碳氢化合物燃料以及选择性氧化有机合成等许多光催化领域.然而,聚集态层状结构和粉末物理状态严重限制了g-C3N4在非均相光催化反应中的实际应用.一方面,g-C3N4的聚集态层状结构限制了光生载流子的表面迁移并增加了光催化反应的传质阻力.另一方面,由于附加的固-液分离步骤,粉体g-C3N4不便于实际应用.因此,为解决g-C3N4的上述缺点,一些研究已经进行并集中于g-C3N4的形貌控制合成及负载.构建多孔微观结构是合成具有优异光催化活性g-C3N4的有效途径之一.本文研究表明,盐酸或乙二醇预处理的三聚氰胺均可用作制备多孔g-C3N4的前驱体.有趣的是,由于在多孔g-C3N4制备体系中不同制孔单元的共存,与通过盐酸或乙二醇单独预处理的三聚氰胺制备的多孔g-C3N4相比,通过二者共同预处理的三聚氰胺制备的多孔g-C3N4具有更丰富的多孔微观结构.与制备负载型二氧化钛不同,由于在制备g-C3N4过程中缺少溶胶-凝胶步骤,因此负载型g-C3N4较难制备.而且,对于氟-锡氧化物(FTO)基底负载的g-C3N4,在实际应用中存在一些不足.首先,FTO基底的片状物理结构不利于反应底物的扩散.其次,FTO基底的吸光效应会导致光能损失,因此g-C3N4只能在FTO基底的单面负载.最后,在g-C3N4和FTO基底之间无化学作用,因此在光催化反应过程中不可避免造成g-C3N4的损失.因此,以盐酸/乙二醇共同预处理的三聚氰胺作原料,氢氟酸/3-氨基丙基三甲氧基硅烷共同预处理的石英棒作基底,首次制备了多孔g-C3N4和负载型多孔g-C3N4.丰富的多孔微观结构使得所制多孔g-C3N4具有优异的光催化活性;且由于多孔g-C3N4与石英棒基底间存在化学作用,因而具有相当高的稳定性.另外,由于在构建石英棒反应器之后不影响光生载流子的表面迁移和目标有机污染物的扩散,因此负载型多孔g-C3N4的光催化活性与粉体多孔g-C3N4相似.所制备多孔g-C3N4和负载型多孔g-C3N4的光催化活性通过在可见光条件下单组份有机废水的处理进行初步评价.在有机污染物降解同时产氢系统中,由于水和有机污染物之间的氧化还原反应难于进行,因此与传统的光催化降解和产氢系统相比,所制多孔g-C3N4的氢气产率和降解效率均显著降低;然而,在有机污染物降解同时产氢系统中,随着该材料光催化活性的提高,氢气产率和降解效率同时提高.这是因为光催化剂电子传递能力的提高促进了有机污染物和水之间的氧化还原反应.     

基于g-C3N4的Z型光催化体系研究进展

导电聚合物型光催化材料g-C₃N₄有着独特的电子结构、稳定的化学性能和显著的可见光催化活性。基于g-C₃N₄的Z型光催化体系(Z-g-C₃N₄)的催化效率高、电子-空穴复合率低而备受关注,在光催化领域展现出了巨大的应用潜力。本文阐述了Z-g-C₃N₄型光催化反应体系的作用机理,综述了Z-g-C₃N₄在光催化领域的研究进展,介绍了Z-g-C₃N₄在产氢、转化CO₂、降解有机物等光催化领域的应用,讨论了pH值、导电介质等因素对Z-g-C₃N₄光催化性能的影响。最后指出了Z-g-C₃N₄光催化体系在研究过程中面临的问题和研究方向。     

水分子在均三嗪基g-C3N4上的吸附

气体分子与光催化剂之间的相互作用对于光催化反应的触发非常重要.对于TiO2,ZnO和WO3等传统金属氧化物光催化剂上的水分解反应而言,已有许多报道研究了水分子在它们表面的吸附行为.结果表明,水分子与催化剂表面的原子形成了O-H…O氢键.石墨相氮化碳(g-C3N4)是一种具有可见光响应且化学性质稳定的光催化剂,对其进行修饰以增强其分解水产氢性能的研究非常多.本文通过密度泛函理论计算,全面研究了水分子在均三嗪(s-triazine)基g-C3N4上的吸附情况.首先构建了一系列初始吸附模型,考察了各种吸附位和水分子的朝向.通过比较分析计算得到的吸附能,确定了一种最优的吸附构型,即水分子以竖直的朝向吸附于褶皱的单层g-C3N4表面.水分子中的一个极性O-H键与g-C3N4中一个二配位富电子的氮原子结合形成了分子间的O-H…N氢键.其中,H原子与N原子的间距为1.92?,O-H键的键长由0.976?增至0.994?.进一步通过计算Mulliken电荷,态密度和静电势曲线分析了该吸附体系的电子性质.结果发现在分子间氢键的桥接作用下,g-C3N4上的电子转移至水分子,由此导致g-C3N4的费米能级降低,功函数由4.21 eV增至5.30 eV.在该吸附模型的基础上,考查了不同的吸附距离.当水分子与g-C3N4的间距设为1至4?时,几何优化后总是能得到相同的吸附构型,吸附能和氢键长度也十分相近.随后,通过改变吸附基底g-C3N4的大小和形状,验证了这种吸附构型具有很强的重复性.将2′2单层g-C3N4吸附基底替换为2′2多层g-C3N4(2至5层),3′3和4′4单层g-C3N4,以及具有不同管径的单壁g-C3N4纳米管后,水分子的吸附能随着体系原子数的增多而增大,但吸附模型的几何结构和电子性质基本不变,包括O-H…N氢键的形成和键长,以及电子转移和增大的功函数.另外还研究了非金属元素(P,O,S,Se,F,Cl和Br)掺杂对吸附能的影响.构建模型时,杂质原子以取代二配位氮原子的方式进行掺杂,水分子放置于杂质原子上方.结果显示,引入杂质原子后水分子的吸附能增大,在理论上从吸附的角度解释了元素掺杂增强g-C3N4分解水活性.总之,本文揭示了一种在分子间氢键的作用下,具有高取向性的水分子吸附的g-C3N4构型,这有助于g-C3N4基光催化剂上水分解过程的理解和优化设计.     

水在二维g-C_3N_4纳米分离膜片层间的超快传输

正无机膜分离是环境、能源等领域的一项关键技术,对于解决人类可持续发展相关的许多重大问题都有重要意义,而提高膜分离效率则是该技术的关键所在。原则上,降低膜厚可提高通量,但同时会引起膜的机械性能和选择性变差等一系列问题。纳米材料制备技术及功能调控为构筑新型高     

Enhance ZnO Photocatalytic Performance via Radiation Modified g-C3N4

Environmental pollution, especially water pollution, is becoming increasingly serious. Organic dyes are one type of the harmful pollutants that pollute groundwater and destroy ecosystems. In this work, a series of graphitic carbon nitride (g-C₃N₄)/ZnO photocatalysts were facilely synthesized through a grinding method using ZnO nanoparticles and g-C₃N₄ as the starting materials. According to the results, the photocatalytic performance of 10 wt.% CN-200/Z-500 (CN-200, which g-C₃N₄ was 200 kGy, referred to the irradiation metering. Z-500, which ZnO was 500 °C, referred to the calcination temperature) with the CN-200 exposed to electron beam radiation was better than those of either Z-500 or CN-200 alone. This material displayed a 98.9% degradation rate of MB (20 mg/L) in 120 min. The improvement of the photocatalytic performance of the 10 wt.% CN-200/Z-500 composite material was caused by the improvement of the separation efficiency of photoinduced electron–hole pairs, which was, in turn, due to the formation of heterojunctions between CN-200 and Z-500 interfaces. Thus, this study proposes the application of electron-beam irradiation technology for the modification of photocatalytic materials and the improvement of photocatalytic performance.     

Self-assembled g-C3N4 nanosheets with Ca2+ linkage

Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry A - Graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets (g-C3N4 NS) are an important material with many promising practical applications. However, construction of g-C3N4 NS...     

Photocatalytic Stille Cross-coupling on Gold/g-C3N4Nano-heterojunction

Heterogeneous catalysts have been developed for C-C coupling reactions, but stand low activity and always proceed under harsh conditions. Photocatalytic Stille cross-coupling reaction as a green catalytic method for C-C bond formation is of great interest for a wide range of scientists but still lacks stable and highly efficient catalysts. Herein, we have designed an Au nanoparticle-graphitic carbon nitride heterojunction as an outstanding photocatalyst for artificial photosynthesis in Stille cross-coupling reaction. The interface effect between metal and semiconductor makes electron rectify and prevents the recombination of electron-hole pairs. Moreover, the efficiency of Au nanoparticle catalysts could be adjusted by gold contents. Thus the turnover frequency(TOF) value reached the highest level of 788 h^-1 over the optimal heterojunction catalyst. Most importantly, the C-C bond formation reaction has been proved to be carried out well under visible light irradiation, indicating the low-cost organic synthesis process. Further analysis confirmed the stability and general application of our heterogeneous Au nano-heterojunction catalyst.     

Surface-engineering strategies for g-C3N4 as efficient visible-light photocatalyst

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Two-dimensional g-C3N4 nanosheets-based photo-catalysts for typical sustainable processes

Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C₃N₄) has been widely studied as a visible light responsive photocatalyst in recent years, due to its facile synthesis, low cost, high stability, and appropriate bandgap/band positions. In this review, we firstly introduce and compare various exfoliation approaches of bulk g-C₃N₄ into ultrathin g-C₃N₄ nanosheets. Then, many modification strategies of g-C₃N₄ nanosheets are also reviewed, including heterojunction construction, doping, defect control, and structure design. Thereafter, the charge transfer mechanism in g-C₃N₄ nanosheets based heterojunctions is present, e.g., Z-scheme, S-scheme and other forms. Besides, the photocatalytic applications of g-C₃N₄ nanosheets based photocatalysts are summarized including environmental remediation, energy generation and storage, organic synthesis, and disinfection. This review ends with a summary and some perspectives on the challenges and new directions in exploring g-C₃N₄ nanosheets-based photocatalysts.     

g-C3N4/BiVO4复合光催化剂的合成及其光催化活性研究

以g-C_3N_4和BiVO_4为主要原料,用高温水热法合成出BiVO4/g-C_3N_4复合催化剂。采用X-射线衍射(PXRD)和紫外-可见漫反射吸收光谱(UV-Vis),对复合催化剂BiVO_4/g-C_3N_4的结构进行表征。在可见光下,考察此复合催化剂对亚甲基蓝的降解性能。研究发现,复合催化剂具有g-C_3N_4和BiVO_4结构特征,在X-射线衍射峰上显示出轻微的宽化,质量比为10%的BiVO_4/g-C_3N_4光催化剂降解活性最好,其降解率在360分钟能达到70.6%。     

Facile Synthesis of Porous g-C3N4 with Enhanced Visible-Light Photoactivity

Porous graphitic carbon nitride (g-C₃N₄) was prepared by dicyandiamide and urea via the pyrolysis method, which possessed enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic performance. Its surface area was increased from 17.12 to 48.00 m²/g. The porous structure not only enhanced the light capture capacity, but also accelerated the mass transfer ability. The Di (Dicyandiamide)/Ur (Urea) composite possessed better photocatalytic activity for Rhodamine B in visible light than that of g-C₃N₄. Moreover, the Di/Ur-4:5 composite showed the best photoactivity, which was almost 5.8 times that of g-C₃N₄. The enhanced photocatalytic activity showed that holes and superoxide radical played a key role in the process of photodegradation, which was ascribed to the enhanced separation of photogenerated carriers. The efficient separation of photogenerated electron-hole pairs may be owing to the higher surface area, O dopant, and pore volumes, which can not only improve the trapping opportunities of charge carriers but also the retarded charge carrier recombination. Therefore, it is expected that the composite would be a promising candidate material for organic pollutant degradation.     

基于非金属掺杂g-C3N4的均匀B-C-N三相单层

基于第一性原理方法计算,通过在g-C3N4中掺杂C、B和N原子,预测了四种元素均匀分布的B-C-N三元单层材料,除了B4-C3N4单层材料是一个具有1.18eV带隙的半导体,其余三种C-B-N三元单层材料都是金属材料,其中,B3C-C3N4是铁磁金金属,其净磁矩为0.57μB/原胞,可用于构建自旋电子器件材料,计算的形成能显示B-C-N三元体系具有较高的热稳定性。