Chitosan-assisted synthesis of 1D g-C3N4 nanorods for enhanced photocatalysis

Yaqian Wang; Xiaonan Yang; Tong Tian; Yue Liu; Yan Chen; Gengsheng Xu; Lina Gu; Huiquan Li; Yupeng Yuan

doi:10.1039/d3cc02777e

Chitosan-assisted synthesis of 1D g-C₃N₄ nanorods for enhanced photocatalysis

Chem Commun (Camb). 2023 Aug 29;59(70):10528-10531. doi: 10.1039/d3cc02777e.

Authors

Yaqian Wang¹, Xiaonan Yang², Tong Tian², Yue Liu¹, Yan Chen¹, Gengsheng Xu², Lina Gu¹, Huiquan Li³, Yupeng Yuan²

Affiliations

¹ School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, P. R. China.
² School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Energy Materials and Devices Key Lab of Anhui Province for Photoelectric Conversion, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, P. R. China. yupengyuan@ahu.edu.cn.
³ School of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Fuyang Normal University, Fuyang 236037, P. R. China. huiquanli0908@163.com.

PMID: 37563975
DOI: 10.1039/d3cc02777e

Abstract

1D porous g-C₃N₄ nanorods were synthesized using chitosan as a template, offering a large surface area and enhanced visible light absorption. These nanorods exhibited a remarkable 8.3-fold increase in H₂ generation rate (26.6 μmol h^-1) compared to bulk g-C₃N₄.