Triazine-based carbon nitrides for visible-light-driven hydrogen evolution

Katharina Schwinghammer; Brian Tuffy; Maria B Mesch; Eva Wirnhier; Charlotte Martineau; Francis Taulelle; Wolfgang Schnick; Jürgen Senker; Bettina V Lotsch

doi:10.1002/anie.201206817

Triazine-based carbon nitrides for visible-light-driven hydrogen evolution

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2013 Feb 25;52(9):2435-9. doi: 10.1002/anie.201206817. Epub 2013 Jan 22.

Authors

Katharina Schwinghammer¹, Brian Tuffy, Maria B Mesch, Eva Wirnhier, Charlotte Martineau, Francis Taulelle, Wolfgang Schnick, Jürgen Senker, Bettina V Lotsch

Affiliation

¹ Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstr. 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.

PMID: 23341324
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201206817

Abstract

A new dimension: The doping of amorphous poly(triazine imide) (PTI) through ionothermal copolymerization of dicyandiamide with 4-amino-2,6-dihydroxypyrimidine (4AP) results in triazine-based carbon nitrides with increased photoactivity for water splitting compared to crystalline poly(triazine imide) (PTI/Li(+)Cl(-), see picture) and melon-type carbon nitrides. This family of carbon nitride semiconductors has potential as low-cost, environmentally clean photocatalysts for solar fuel production.