Construction of 2D g-C3N4 lateral-like homostructures and their photo- and electro-catalytic activities

Xiao Zhang; Jean-Pierre Veder; Shuai He; San Ping Jiang

doi:10.1039/C8CC09633C

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Construction of 2D g-C₃N₄ lateral-like homostructures and their photo- and electro-catalytic activities†

Xiao Zhang,^a Jean-Pierre Veder,^b Shuai He^a and San Ping Jiang

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^a Fuels and Energy Technology Institute and Western Australia School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, Perth WA6845, Australia
E-mail: S.Jiang@curtin.edu.au

^b John De Laeter Centre & Department of Physics and Astronomy, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia

Abstract

g-C₃N₄ crystalline/amorphous lateral-like homostructures were prepared using crystalline g-C₃N₄ nanosheets as seeds via sequential edge-epitaxy growth. The homojunction effectively separates photogenerated carriers, resulting in high photo- and electro-catalytic activities.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CC09633C
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 04 Dec 2018
Accepted: 21 Dec 2018
First published: 21 Dec 2018

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Chem. Commun., 2019,55, 1233-1236

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Construction of 2D g-C₃N₄ lateral-like homostructures and their photo- and electro-catalytic activities

X. Zhang, J. Veder, S. He and S. P. Jiang, Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 1233 DOI: 10.1039/C8CC09633C

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