Hydrophobized poly(heptazine imide) for highly effective photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide production in a biphasic fatty alcohol

Hydrophobized poly(heptazine imide) for highly effective photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide production in a biphasic fatty alcohol–water system

Published:2023 Issue:5 Volume:11 Page:2314-2325
ISSN:2050-7488
Container-title:Journal of Materials Chemistry A
language:en
Short-container-title:J. Mater. Chem. A

Author:

Krivtsov Igor¹²^ORCID,Vazirani Ashish¹,Mitoraj Dariusz¹,Elnagar Mohamed M.¹,Neumann Christof³^ORCID,Turchanin Andrey³^ORCID,Patiño Yolanda²,Ordóñez Salvador²^ORCID,Leiter Robert⁴,Lindén Mika⁵^ORCID,Kaiser Ute⁴,Beranek Radim¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Institute of Electrochemistry Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 47, 89081 Ulm, Germany

2. Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Spain

3. Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Lessingstr. 10, 07743 Jena, Germany

4. Electron Microscopy of Materials Science, Central Facility for Electron Microscopy, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany

5. Institute of Inorganic Chemistry II, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany

Abstract

An effective hydrophobization of ionic carbon nitride (PHI) nanoparticles in the form of a composite with alkylated silica enables highly efficient photocatalysts for light-driven production of hydrogen peroxide under biphasic conditions.

Funder

Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung

Gobierno del Principado de Asturias

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Materials Science,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2023/TA/D2TA08045A

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