Synthesis and Characterization of Nitrogen-doped Carbon Nanotubes Derived from g-C3N4

Klaudia Maślana; Ryszard J Kaleńczuk; Beata Zielińska; Ewa Mijowska

doi:10.3390/ma13061349

Synthesis and Characterization of Nitrogen-doped Carbon Nanotubes Derived from g-C₃N₄

Materials (Basel). 2020 Mar 17;13(6):1349. doi: 10.3390/ma13061349.

Authors

Klaudia Maślana¹, Ryszard J Kaleńczuk¹, Beata Zielińska¹, Ewa Mijowska¹

Affiliation

¹ Nanomaterials Physicochemistry Department, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Piastow Av. 45, 70-311 Szczecin, Poland.

Abstract

Here, nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (CNT-N) were synthesized using exfoliated graphitic carbon nitride functionalized with nickel oxides (ex-g-C₃N₄-NixO_y). CNT-N were produced at 900 °C in two steps: (1) ex-g-C₃N₄-Ni_xO_y reduction with hydrogen and (2) ethylene assisted chemical vapor deposition (CVD). The detailed characterization of the produced materials was performed via atomic force microscopy (AFM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The possible mechanism of nanotubes formation is also proposed.

Keywords: CVD process; graphitic carbon nitride; nickel oxides; nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes.

Grants and funding

2015/19/B/ST8/00648/Narodowe Centrum Nauki