Issue 12, 2012

High-yield synthesis of millimetre-long, semiconducting carbon nitride nanotubes with intense photoluminescence emission and reproducible photoconductivity

Abstract

High-yield synthesis of millimetre-long, semiconducting nanotubular g-C3N4 with aspect ratio higher than 10 000 and strong photoluminscence emission was reported. The formation process of the nanotube was based on one-dimensional fibrous self-assembly of the protonated melamine in glycol mediated with nitric acid aqueous solution, which was subsequently thermalyzed into tubular carbon nitride through a rolling-up mechanism. The synthesized carbon nitride nanotube exhibits intense luminescent emission, fast photoresponse, and reproducible photoconductivity.

Graphical abstract: High-yield synthesis of millimetre-long, semiconducting carbon nitride nanotubes with intense photoluminescence emission and reproducible photoconductivity

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
31 Mar 2012
Accepted
17 Apr 2012
First published
23 Apr 2012

Nanoscale, 2012,4, 3687-3692

High-yield synthesis of millimetre-long, semiconducting carbon nitride nanotubes with intense photoluminescence emission and reproducible photoconductivity

J. Gao, Y. Zhou, Z. Li, S. Yan, N. Wang and Z. Zou, Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 3687 DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30777D

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