Phosphorus Doped Carbon Nitride Nanotubes by Sequential Cation-Exchanging Reaction with Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

Abstract:

In this work, a novel and facile sequential cation-exchanging strategy was developed to synthesize phosphorus doped g-C₃N₄ nanotubes, and resulted nanotubes were composed of small nanorods with length of several hundred nanometers by oriented aggregation. As obtained products exhibit greatly enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution with rate of 4.59 mmol h^-1 g^-1, which is 16 times higher than that of the bulk g-C₃N₄ under visible light irradiation. Mechanism investigation reveals that the superior photocatalytic property could be attributed to its improved visible light absorbance, well suppressed charges recombination and nanostructural construction.

• Periodical: Journal of Nano Research (Volume 53)
• Pages: 76-85
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/JNanoR.53.76
• Online since: June 2018
• Authors: Hai Bing Che, Xiao Xiao Yan, Zhi Yuan Jia, Peng Hu, Jinshu Wang*
• Keywords: Carbon Nitride, Cation-Exchange, Hydrogen Evolution, Nanotube, Phosphorus Doping

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