Issue 2, 2016

s-Heptazine oligomers: promising structural models for graphitic carbon nitride

Abstract

Graphitic carbon nitride (g-CN) has interesting catalytic properties but is difficult to study due to its structure and how it is produced. In this study, linear s-heptazine oligomers were synthesized to serve as well-defined molecular models for g-CN. Cyclic voltammetry, absorption and emission spectroscopies showed a clear shift of properties towards those of g-CN as the number of heptazine units increased. DFT calculations supported the characterizations, and helped refine the properties observed.

Graphical abstract: s-Heptazine oligomers: promising structural models for graphitic carbon nitride

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
12 Aug 2015
Accepted
23 Oct 2015
First published
28 Oct 2015
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Sci., 2016,7, 945-950

s-Heptazine oligomers: promising structural models for graphitic carbon nitride

A. Zambon, J.-M. Mouesca, C. Gheorghiu, P. A. Bayle, J. Pécaut, M. Claeys-Bruno, S. Gambarelli and L. Dubois, Chem. Sci., 2016, 7, 945 DOI: 10.1039/C5SC02992A

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