Synthesis and characterization of Cu-doped polymeric carbon nitride

Polymeric carbon nitride doped with copper through a solid-state reaction was characterized by several techniques, among them are UV-visible spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, etc. The material is a semiconductor with a wide band gap of 2.74 eV. Sites of both Cu(I...

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Published in:Fullerenes, nanotubes, and carbon nanostructures nanotubes, and carbon nanostructures, 2016-03, Vol.24 (3), p.171-180
Main Authors: Dante, Roberto C., Sánchez-Arévalo, Francisco M., Chamorro-Posada, Pedro, Vázquez-Cabo, José, Huerta, Lazaro, Lartundo-Rojas, Luis, Santoyo-Salazar, Jaime, Solorza-Feria, Omar, Diaz-Barrios, Antonio, Zoltan, Tamara, Vargas, Franklin, Valenzuela, Tatiana, Muñoz-Bisesti, Florinella, Quiroz-Chávez, Francisco Javier
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Language:English
Subjects:
carbon nitride
nanosheets
organic semiconductors
THz spectroscopy
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Summary:Polymeric carbon nitride doped with copper through a solid-state reaction was characterized by several techniques, among them are UV-visible spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, etc. The material is a semiconductor with a wide band gap of 2.74 eV. Sites of both Cu(I) and Cu(II) were detected, apparently only coordinated by the polymer. The material comprises crumpled nanosheets, and is substantially an amorphous layered material with a prevalent 2D structure with low inter-planar interactions, as shown by X-ray diffractometry and TeraHertz spectroscopy. Photo-oxidation of benzyl alcohol was used to probe the active sites of the material, comparing them with the non-doped material. The higher activity and selectivity toward salicylic alcohol of the non-doped material can be due to both a more localized electron transfer and a longer lifetime of the hole-electron pair. Cu-CN favored the oxidation of hydroxymethyl group. Therefore, the presence of copper can favor different reaction pathways with respect to the non-doped material.
ISSN:1536-383X
1536-4046
DOI:10.1080/1536383X.2015.1124864