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

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

Yaqian Wang,^a Xiaonan Yang,^b Tong Tian,^b Yue Liu,^a Yan Chen,^a Gengsheng Xu,^b Lina Gu,^a Huiquan Li

*^c and Yupeng Yuan

*^b

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^a School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, P. R. China

^b 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
E-mail: yupengyuan@ahu.edu.cn

^c School of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Fuyang Normal University, Fuyang 236037, P. R. China
E-mail: huiquanli0908@163.com

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.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CC02777E
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 09 Jun 2023
Accepted: 01 Aug 2023
First published: 01 Aug 2023

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Chem. Commun., 2023,59, 10528-10531

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

Y. Wang, X. Yang, T. Tian, Y. Liu, Y. Chen, G. Xu, L. Gu, H. Li and Y. Yuan, Chem. Commun., 2023, 59, 10528 DOI: 10.1039/D3CC02777E

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