The Influence of Soaking Time on Photocatalytic Performance of g-C3N4 under Visible Light Irradiation

Tanaporn Narkbuakaew; Pornapa Sujaridworakun

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.862.1

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The Influence of Soaking Time on Photocatalytic Performance of g-C₃N₄ under Visible Light Irradiation

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In this research, visible-light responsive g-C₃N₄, photocatalyst was achieved through the simple calcination of urea at 600 °C by using the muffle furnace. The effects of calcination soaking time on preparation of high performance g-C₃N₄ were studied at 1, 2, 3, and 4 h. The g-C₃N₄ prepared at various soaking times were characterized by the X-ray diffraction (XRD) for crystallographic information and the Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) for chemical composition analysis. Further, in the case of morphology and surface area of prepared photocatalysts, the Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) and Brunauer, Emmett and Teller (BET) were applied. The results demonstrated that g-C₃N₄ with tri-s-triazine based units could be synthesized by calcination of urea at 600 °C and soaking for 1-4 h, as evidently confirmed by XRD and FTIR. For photocatalytic performance in rhodamine B dye degradation under visible light irradiation of achieved g-C₃N₄ tended to increase as soaking time increased. Moreover, the dye adsorption ability of prepared photocatalysts was obviously developed upon increase of soaking times. Herein, the highest photocatalytic performance was obtained from sample which was soaked at 4 h.

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Tanaporn Narkbuakaew, Pornapa Sujaridworakun*

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