Issue 1, 2021

Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane as a recyclable soft template to synthesize mesoporous polymeric carbon nitride with enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Abstract

Recyclable template synthesis of polymeric carbon nitride (CN) is rarely reported. Herein, for the first time, octamethyl polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (mPOSS) was used as a recyclable soft template to prepare mesoporous CN with increased specific surface area, photoabsorption, charge separation efficiency, and photocatalytic H2 evolution rate which is ∼4.5 times that of the bulk CN. mPOSS exhibits high stability and recoverability. This work opens an avenue for recyclable template synthesis of mesoporous CN and may advance its industrial application.

Graphical abstract: Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane as a recyclable soft template to synthesize mesoporous polymeric carbon nitride with enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
15 9 2020
Accepted
12 11 2020
First published
13 11 2020

Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2021,5, 112-116

Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane as a recyclable soft template to synthesize mesoporous polymeric carbon nitride with enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Z. Liang, L. Liu, X. Zhuang, Z. Tang, H. Li and W. Kang, Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2021, 5, 112 DOI: 10.1039/D0SE01388A

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