Production of Metal-Free Composites Composed of Graphite Oxide and Oxidized Carbon Nitride Nanodots and Their Enhanced Photocatalytic Performances

Seung Yeon Kim; Junghoon Oh; Sunghee Park; Yeonjun Shim; Sungjin Park

doi:10.1002/chem.201505100

Production of Metal-Free Composites Composed of Graphite Oxide and Oxidized Carbon Nitride Nanodots and Their Enhanced Photocatalytic Performances

Chemistry. 2016 Apr 4;22(15):5142-5. doi: 10.1002/chem.201505100. Epub 2016 Feb 25.

Authors

Seung Yeon Kim¹, Junghoon Oh¹, Sunghee Park¹, Yeonjun Shim¹, Sungjin Park²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inha Univeristy, 100 Inha-ro, Nam-gu, Incheon, 402-751, Korea.
² Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inha Univeristy, 100 Inha-ro, Nam-gu, Incheon, 402-751, Korea. [email protected].

PMID: 26887904
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201505100

Abstract

A novel metal-free composite (GN) composed of two types of carbon-based nanomaterials, graphite oxide (GO) and 2D oxidized carbon nitride (OCN) nanodots was produced. Chemical and morphological characterizations reveal that GN contains a main component of GO with well-dispersed 2D OCN nanodots. GN shows enhanced photocatalytic performance for degrading an organic pollutant, Rhodamine B, under visible light.

Keywords: carbon nitride; composites; graphite oxide; photocatalysts.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Catalysis
Graphite / chemistry*
Nanoparticles / chemistry*
Nitrites / chemistry*
Oxidants, Photochemical / chemistry*
Oxidation-Reduction
Oxides / chemistry*

Substances

Nitrites
Oxidants, Photochemical
Oxides
Graphite