Electrodeposition Carbon Nitride Films from Organic Solutions

Since the theoretical predictions of the hypothetical β-C₃N₄ compound may have extraordinary physical and chemical properties^1], A variety of deposition techniques have been developed to investigate the synthesis of the novel material. The synthesis of carbon nitride has become an area of intense interest in materials science and great progress has been made^2]. However, the methods used to this task are all vapor deposition techniques or solid state preparation methods. Synthesis of crystalline β-C₃N₄ with chemical stoichiometry content of nitrogen is very difficult. The use of appropriately designed molecular and low enough synthesis temperatures to insure kinetic control of reaction products appears to be a promising direction.