Ionothermal Synthesis of Crystalline, Condensed, Graphitic Carbon Nitride
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces · Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society · +1 more institution
Abstract
Herein we report the synthesis of a crystalline graphitic carbon nitride, or g-C(3)N(4), obtained from the temperature-induced condensation of dicyandiamide (NH(2)C(=NH)NHCN) by using a salt melt of lithium chloride and potassium chloride as the solvent. The proposed crystal structure of this g-C(3)N(4) species is based on sheets of hexagonally arranged s-heptazine (C(6)N(7)) units that are held together by covalent bonds between C and N atoms which are stacked in a graphitic, staggered fashion, as corroborated by powder X-ray diffractometry and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy.
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 10.15
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- 100%
- References
- 36
Authors
4- MJMichael J. Bojdys
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
- JMJens‐Oliver Müller
Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
- MAMarkus Antonietti
Max Planck Society, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
- ATArne ThomasCorresponding
Max Planck Society, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Topics & keywords
- Graphitic carbon nitride
- Covalent bond
- Chloride
- Salt (chemistry)
- Transmission electron microscopy
- Potassium
- Nitride
- Solvent