Issue 21, 2017

Scalable and super-stable exfoliation of graphitic carbon nitride in biomass-derived γ-valerolactone: enhanced catalytic activity for the alcoholysis and cycloaddition of epoxides with CO2

Abstract

Biomass-derived γ-valerolactone (GVL) could exfoliate bulk g-C3N4 to form a super-stable dispersion of few-layer g-C3N4 nanosheets with a high concentration of up to 0.8 mg mL−1 due to the polarity and the appropriate surface energy of GVL. The exfoliation process can be easily extended to a 200 ml scale and should be extended further. The formed g-C3N4 nanosheets showed enhanced activity for the alcoholysis of epoxides and the cycloaddition of epoxides with CO2 owing to their higher specific surface areas and more exposed active centers than the bulk g-C3N4. This affords a green, facile and scalable method to form few-layer g-C3N4 nanosheets and further expand the application of g-C3N4 materials to the field of non-photocatalysis.

Graphical abstract: Scalable and super-stable exfoliation of graphitic carbon nitride in biomass-derived γ-valerolactone: enhanced catalytic activity for the alcoholysis and cycloaddition of epoxides with CO2

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
23 Aug. 2017
Accepted
18 Sept. 2017
First published
21 Sept. 2017

Green Chem., 2017,19, 5041-5045

Scalable and super-stable exfoliation of graphitic carbon nitride in biomass-derived γ-valerolactone: enhanced catalytic activity for the alcoholysis and cycloaddition of epoxides with CO2

Z. Xue, F. Liu, J. Jiang, J. Wang and T. Mu, Green Chem., 2017, 19, 5041 DOI: 10.1039/C7GC02583A

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