Photocatalytic Activity of Mesoporous Graphitic Carbon Nitride (mpg-C3N4) Towards Organic Chromophores Under UV and VIS Light Illumination

Erdogan D. A., SEVİM M., Kısa E., Emiroglu D. B., Karatok M., Vovk E. I., ...Daha Fazla

Topics in Catalysis, cilt.59, sa.15-16, ss.1305-1318, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 59 Sayı: 15-16
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s11244-016-0654-3
  • Dergi Adı: Topics in Catalysis
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1305-1318
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Carbon nitride, Graphitic-C3N4, Organic dyes, Photocatalytic degradation, UV–Vis light
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

A template-assisted synthetic method including the thermal polycondensation of guanidine hydrochloride (GndCl) was utilized to synthesize highly-organized mesoporous graphitic carbon nitride (mpg-C3N4) photocatalysts. Comprehensive structural analysis of the mpg-C3N4 materials were performed by XPS, XRD, FT-IR, BET and solid-state NMR spectroscopy. Photocatalytic performance of the mpg-C3N4 materials was studied for the photodegradation of several dyes under visible and UV light illumination as a function of catalyst loading and the structure of mpg-C3N4 depending on the polycondensation temperature. Among all of the formerly reported performances in the literature (including the ones for Degussa P25 commercial benchmark), currently synthesized mpg-C3N4 photocatalysts exhibit a significantly superior visible light-induced photocatalytic activity towards rhodamine B (RhB) dye. Enhanced catalytic efficiency could be mainly attributed to the terminated polycondensation process, high specific surface area, and mesoporous structure with a wide pore size distribution.