Tri-s-triazine-Based Crystalline Carbon Nitride Nanosheets for an Improved Hydrogen Evolution.

Ou, Honghui; Lin, Lihua; Zheng, Yun; Yang, Pengju; Fang, Yuanxing; Wang, Xinchen · Adv Mater · 2017

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Tri-s-triazine-based crystalline carbon nitride nanosheets (CCNNSs) have been successfully extracted via a conventional and cost-effective sonication-centrifugation process. These CCNNSs possess a highly defined and unambiguous structure with minimal thickness, large aspect ratios, homogeneous tri-s-triazine-based units, and high crystallinity. These tri-s-triazine-based CCNNSs show significantly enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen generation activity under visible light than g-C<sub>3</sub> N<sub>4</sub> , poly (triazine imide)/Li<sup>+</sup> Cl<sup>-</sup> , and bulk tri-s-triazine-based crystalline carbon nitrides. A highly apparent quantum efficiency of 8.57% at 420 nm for hydrogen production from aqueous methanol feedstock can be achieved from tri-s-triazine-based CCNNSs, exceeding most of the reported carbon nitride nanosheets. Benefiting from the inherent structure of 2D crystals, the ultrathin tri-s-triazine-based CCNNSs provide a broad range of application prospects in the fields of bioimaging, and energy storage and conversion.