Microcontact-printing-assisted access of graphitic carbon nitride films with favorable textures toward photoelectrochemical application.

Liu, Jian; Wang, Hongqiang; Chen, Zu Peng; Moehwald, Helmuth; Fiechter, Sebastian; van de Krol, Roel; Wen, Liping; Jiang, Lei et al. · Adv Mater · 2015

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

An "ink" (cyanamide) infiltrated anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) stamp is found capable of printing carbon nitride films featuring regular microstructures of the stamp onto the substrates via in situ "chemical vapor deposition". A photocurrent density of 30.2 μA cm(-2 --) at 1.23 VRHE is achieved for a film on a conductive substrate, which is so far the highest value for pure carbon nitride based photoelectrochemical devices.