Layer-by-layer assembly into bulk-like g-C3N4via artificial manipulation of electrostatic forces†
Abstract
For the first time, bulk-like g-C3N4 was achieved through initiating layer-by-layer assembly, which involves the important process of artificially manipulating protonated and oxygen doped g-C3N4 nanosheets. When acting as a photocatalyst under UV-visible light irradiation, bulk-like g-C3N4 exhibited an excellent photocatalytic H2 production rate of 1538 μmol h−1 g−1, about 8 times higher than that of the bulk g-C3N4 counterpart.