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Ultrasonic-Assisted Exfoliation of Graphitic Carbon Nitride and its Electrocatalytic Performance in Process of Ethanol Reforming

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Graphitic carbon nitride was synthesized via thermolysis of urea and then ultrasonic exfoliated from colloidal solution to obtain phase pure ultrafine powder of g-C3N4. It was shown that ultrasonic-assisted exfoliation of the initial graphitic carbon nitride powder leads to an increase in its phase purity (PXRD), a change in the morphology (SEM), a decrease in the band gap from 2.93 eV to 2.85 eV (DRS) and an increase in the specific surface from 58.6 m2/g to 136.7 m2/g (BET). In addition, it was found that the exfoliated g-C3N4 is an effective catalyst for the process of electrocatalytic reforming – the hydrogen evolution from the water-alcohol solution. Based on volamperometry, it was found that the hydrogen overpotential of graphitic carbon nitride is equal to 249 mV (at 10 mA/cm2), and the Taffel slope is 112 mV/dec. The results of cyclic voltammetry of the electrode based on exfoliated g-C3N4 indicate its high stability, which allows us to consider the exfoliated graphitic carbon nitride as a promising basis of materials for electrocatalytic reforming of alcohols.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The PXRD study was performed on the equipment of the Engineering Center of the Saint-Petersburg State Institute of Technology. The author would like to thank Tomkovich M.V. for help with scanning electron microscopy studies.

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  1. Ioffe Institute, 194021, St. Petersburg, Russia

    M. I. Chebanenko & V. I. Popkov

  2. Saint-Petersburg State Institute of Technology, 190013, St. Petersburg, Russia

    N. V. Zakharova

  3. Saint-Petersburg State University, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia

    A. A. Lobinsky

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Chebanenko, M.I., Zakharova, N.V., Lobinsky, A.A. et al. Ultrasonic-Assisted Exfoliation of Graphitic Carbon Nitride and its Electrocatalytic Performance in Process of Ethanol Reforming. Semiconductors 53, 2072–2077 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106378261912008X

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