RIS ID

105644

Publication Details

Tahir, M., Cao, C., Butt, F. K., Idrees, F., Mahmood, N., Ali, Z., Aslam, I., Tanveer, M., Rizwan, M. & Mahmood, T. (2013). Tubular graphitic-C 3 N 4 : a prospective material for energy storage and green photocatalysis. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 1 (44), 13949-13955.

Abstract

We have established a facile and scaleable approach to fabricate tubular graphitic-C3N4 using melamine. The construction of the unique tubular morphology is a result of the pre-treatment of melamine with HNO3. Herein, for the first time, we have explored the electrochemical properties of g-C3N4 as an electrode material for supercapacitors. Tubular g-C3N4 has significant advantages due to its distinctive morphology, high surface area (182.61 m2 g-1) and combination of carbon with nitrogen. Therefore, tubular g-C3N4 demonstrated a good specific capacitance of 233 F g-1 at a current density of 0.2 A g-1 in 6 M KOH electrolyte. Furthermore, tubular g-C3N4 maintained a high capacitance retention capability (90%) after 1000 cycles. The photocatalytic activity of tubular g-C3N4 was evaluated using the organic dyes such as Methylene Blue (MB) and Methylene Orange (MO) under visible light. Tubular g-C3N4 demonstrated good photocatalytic activity and enhanced stability compared to bulk g-C 3N4. The enhanced performance is because of the high surface area, which contains more active sites for reaction. The encouraging performance of tubular g-C3N4 in supercapacitors and as a photocatalyst points toward it being a prospective material for energy storage that is environmentally clean. The Royal Society of Chemistry.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3ta13291a