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Article: Unraveling the Structure of the Poly(triazine imide)/LiCl Photocatalyst: Cooperation of Facile Syntheses and a Low-Temperature Synchrotron Approach

TitleUnraveling the Structure of the Poly(triazine imide)/LiCl Photocatalyst: Cooperation of Facile Syntheses and a Low-Temperature Synchrotron Approach
Authors
Issue Date2019
PublisherAmerican Chemical Society. The Journal's web site is located at http://pubs.acs.org/ic
Citation
Inorganic Chemistry, 2019, v. 58 n. 23, p. 15880-15888 How to Cite?
AbstractGraphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4)-based materials have attracted interdisciplinary attention from many fields. However, their crystal structures have not yet been described well. Poly(triazine imide)/LiCl (PTI/LiCl) of good crystallinity synthesized from salt melts enables a confident structural solution for a better understanding of g-C3N4-based materials. In this study, we synthesize PTI/LiCl of high crystallinity in air without byproducts and confirm the orthorhombic feature, which is not observed in powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) patterns at room temperature, by employing low-temperature synchrotron PXRD. Together with spectroscopic techniques (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance, and Fourier-transform infrared/Raman), the orthorhombic structure (space group Cmc21, No. 36) was determined and found to be a superstructure of the previously reported hexagonal structure, as confirmed by electron diffraction. The temperature-dependent synchrotron PXRD data also reveal a highly anisotropic expansion. This work also shows the much higher activity of PTI/LiCl than of g-C3N4 for the photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange under ultraviolet irradiation, especially so for PTI/LiCl with a densely packed (001) plane. This study demonstrates the structural complexity of the g-C3N4 class of materials and illustrates how their temperature-dependent anisotropies facilitate the discovery of the structural features in resolving the structure of g-C3N4-related materials and their structure–property relationship.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/291159
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2023 Impact Factor: 4.3
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.928
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dc.contributor.authorLiao, CZ-
dc.contributor.authorLau, VWH-
dc.contributor.authorSu, M-
dc.contributor.authorMA, S-
dc.contributor.authorLiu, C-
dc.contributor.authorChang, CK-
dc.contributor.authorSheu, HS-
dc.contributor.authorZhang, J-
dc.contributor.authorShih, K-
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-07T13:53:01Z-
dc.date.available2020-11-07T13:53:01Z-
dc.date.issued2019-
dc.identifier.citationInorganic Chemistry, 2019, v. 58 n. 23, p. 15880-15888-
dc.identifier.issn0020-1669-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/291159-
dc.description.abstractGraphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4)-based materials have attracted interdisciplinary attention from many fields. However, their crystal structures have not yet been described well. Poly(triazine imide)/LiCl (PTI/LiCl) of good crystallinity synthesized from salt melts enables a confident structural solution for a better understanding of g-C3N4-based materials. In this study, we synthesize PTI/LiCl of high crystallinity in air without byproducts and confirm the orthorhombic feature, which is not observed in powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) patterns at room temperature, by employing low-temperature synchrotron PXRD. Together with spectroscopic techniques (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance, and Fourier-transform infrared/Raman), the orthorhombic structure (space group Cmc21, No. 36) was determined and found to be a superstructure of the previously reported hexagonal structure, as confirmed by electron diffraction. The temperature-dependent synchrotron PXRD data also reveal a highly anisotropic expansion. This work also shows the much higher activity of PTI/LiCl than of g-C3N4 for the photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange under ultraviolet irradiation, especially so for PTI/LiCl with a densely packed (001) plane. This study demonstrates the structural complexity of the g-C3N4 class of materials and illustrates how their temperature-dependent anisotropies facilitate the discovery of the structural features in resolving the structure of g-C3N4-related materials and their structure–property relationship.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherAmerican Chemical Society. The Journal's web site is located at http://pubs.acs.org/ic-
dc.relation.ispartofInorganic Chemistry-
dc.rightsThis document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in [JournalTitle], copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see [insert ACS Articles on Request author-directed link to Published Work, see http://pubs.acs.org/page/policy/articlesonrequest/index.html].-
dc.titleUnraveling the Structure of the Poly(triazine imide)/LiCl Photocatalyst: Cooperation of Facile Syntheses and a Low-Temperature Synchrotron Approach-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailLiao, CZ: liaocz@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailShih, K: kshih@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityShih, K=rp00167-
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dc.identifier.doi10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b02287-
dc.identifier.pmid31718174-
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dc.identifier.hkuros318637-
dc.identifier.volume58-
dc.identifier.issue23-
dc.identifier.spage15880-
dc.identifier.epage15888-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000500650600022-
dc.publisher.placeUnited States-
dc.identifier.issnl0020-1669-

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