Novel Photocatalytic Nanocomposite Made of Polymeric Carbon Nitride and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
Nanocomposite Characterization
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample Availability: Samples of the all compounds described in this work are available from I.K. |
Sample Name | SSABET | Density (g/cm3) | Average Particle Size Calculated from SSABET (nm) | BJH Adsorption Average Pore Diameter (nm) | Total Pore Volume (cm3/g) |
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Multipoint (m2/g) | |||||
Nanocomposite 400 °C | 79.5 | 3.75 ± 0.01 | 20 | 9.8 | 0.191 |
Reference (Al2O3-ZrO2 annealed at 400 °C) | 108.6 | 3.51 ± 0.2 | 16 | 12.1 | 0.337 |
Nanocomposite 450 °C | 132.9 | 3.56 ± 0.01 | 13 | 10.9 | 0.311 |
Nanocomposite 500 °C | 120.0 | 3.71 ± 0.02 | 14 | - | - |
Nanocomposite 600 °C | 92.4 | 3.76 ± 0.06 | 17 | 13.9 | 0.313 |
Sample Name | Band Gap (eV) |
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Nanocomposite 400 °C | 3.0 |
Nanocomposite 450 °C | 3.5/4.7 |
Nanocomposite 500 °C | 4.0/4.8 |
AS 600 °C | 5.1–5.2 |
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Koltsov, I.; Wojnarowicz, J.; Nyga, P.; Smalc-Koziorowska, J.; Stelmakh, S.; Babyszko, A.; Morawski, A.W.; Lojkowski, W. Novel Photocatalytic Nanocomposite Made of Polymeric Carbon Nitride and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles. Molecules 2019, 24, 874. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24050874
Koltsov I, Wojnarowicz J, Nyga P, Smalc-Koziorowska J, Stelmakh S, Babyszko A, Morawski AW, Lojkowski W. Novel Photocatalytic Nanocomposite Made of Polymeric Carbon Nitride and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles. Molecules. 2019; 24(5):874. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24050874
Chicago/Turabian StyleKoltsov, Iwona, Jacek Wojnarowicz, Piotr Nyga, Julita Smalc-Koziorowska, Svitlana Stelmakh, Aleksandra Babyszko, Antoni W. Morawski, and Witold Lojkowski. 2019. "Novel Photocatalytic Nanocomposite Made of Polymeric Carbon Nitride and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles" Molecules 24, no. 5: 874. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24050874