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Dissolution and Liquid Crystals Phase of 2D Polymeric Carbon Nitride
- Source :
- Journal of the American Chemical Society. 137:2179-2182
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- American Chemical Society (ACS), 2015.
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Abstract
- Graphite-phase polymeric carbon nitride (GPPCN) has emerged as a promising metal-free material toward optoelectronics and (photo)catalysis. However, the insolubility of GPPCN remains one of the biggest impediments toward its potential applications. Herein, we report that GPPCN could be dissolved in concentrated sulfuric acid, the first feasible solvent so far, due to the synergistic protonation and intercalation. The concentration was up to 300 mg/mL, thousands of time higher than previous reported dispersions. As a result, the first successful liquid-state NMR spectra of GPPCN were obtained, which provides a more feasible method to reveal the finer structure of GPPCN. Moreover, at high concentration, a liquid crystal phase for the carbon nitride family was first observed. The successful dissolution of GPPCN and the formation of highly anisotropic mesophases would greatly pave the potential applications such as GPPCN-based nanocomposites or assembly of marcroscopic, ordered materials.
- Subjects :
- Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Nanocomposite
Polymers
Inorganic chemistry
Intercalation (chemistry)
General Chemistry
Biochemistry
Catalysis
law.invention
chemistry.chemical_compound
Colloid and Surface Chemistry
Solubility
chemistry
Liquid crystal
law
Phase (matter)
Nitriles
Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
Crystallization
Carbon nitride
Dissolution
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15205126 and 00027863
- Volume :
- 137
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....dc27698113e9b5b0385d663804fec886