Direct Synthesis of Porous Nanorod-Type Graphitic Carbon Nitride/CuO Composite from Cu-Melamine Supramolecular Framework towards Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance

Jiangpeng Wang; Hui Xu; Xuefeng Qian; Yingying Dong; Junkuo Gao; Guodong Qian; Juming Yao

doi:10.1002/asia.201500131

Direct Synthesis of Porous Nanorod-Type Graphitic Carbon Nitride/CuO Composite from Cu-Melamine Supramolecular Framework towards Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance

Chem Asian J. 2015 Jun;10(6):1276-80. doi: 10.1002/asia.201500131. Epub 2015 Apr 13.

Authors

Jiangpeng Wang^{1

2}, Hui Xu³, Xuefeng Qian¹, Yingying Dong^{1

2}, Junkuo Gao⁴, Guodong Qian⁵, Juming Yao¹

Affiliations

¹ The Key laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology of Ministry of Education, National Engineering Lab for Textile Fiber Materials and Processing Technology (Zhejiang), College of Materials and Textiles, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, P. R. China.
² Qixin Honors School, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, P.R. China.
³ State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China.
⁴ The Key laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology of Ministry of Education, National Engineering Lab for Textile Fiber Materials and Processing Technology (Zhejiang), College of Materials and Textiles, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, P. R. China. jkgao@zstu.edu.cn.
⁵ State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China. gdqian@zju.edu.cn.

PMID: 25786667
DOI: 10.1002/asia.201500131

Abstract

Facile and direct synthesis of porous nanorod-type graphitic carbon nitride/CuO composite (CuO-g-C3 N4 ) has been achieved by using a Cu-melamine supramolecular framework as a precursor. The CuO-g-C3 N4 nanocomposite demonstrated improved visible-light-driven photocatalytic activities. The results indicate that metal-melamine supramolecular frameworks can be promising precursors for the preparation of efficient g-C3 N4 nanocomposite photocatalysts.

Keywords: carbon nitride; composites; nanorods; photocatalysis; supramolecular chemistry.