@article{50ad92624ea54ef38a2ee888d52ec3ed,
title = "Controlled Nucleation and Growth of Carbon Nitride Films on CNT Fiber Fabric for Photoelectrochemical Applications",
abstract = "The controlled growth of carbon nitride (CN) films with tailored electronic properties and surface area is quite challenging due to the solid-state reaction and the lack of efficient interaction between C-N monomers and substrates. Herein, controlled growth of CN films over robust carbon nanotubes (CNT) fiber fabric is reported, which is obtained by either direct calcination of melamine on their surface, that yields a bulk material, or by its chemical vapor deposition resulting in hybrid films. These materials are effective electrodes consisting of high surface-area CN containing CNT fiber fabrics acting as a scaffold and a highly conducting built-in current collector. The results confirm that CNTs act as nucleation centers for the formation of CN films, forming close contact at the CN/CNT interphase, and resulting in efficient charge transfer upon illumination and enhanced electrochemical surface area.",
keywords = "carbon nanotubes, carbon nitride, hybrid materials, photoelectrochemical cells, water splitting",
author = "Neeta Karjule and Moumita Rana and Menny Shalom and Jes{\'u}s Barrio and Vilatela, {Juan Jos{\'e}}",
note = "Funding Information: This research was funded by the Israel Science Foundation (ISF), grant No. 1161/17, and supported by the Minerva Center No. 117873. The authors thank Mr. Juergen Jopp from the scientific staff of the Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology for assistance with AFM measurements, and Dr. Jiawei Xia and Ms. Liel Abisdris for assistance in materials characterization. Financial support was acknowledged from the European Union Seventh Framework Program under grant agreement 678565 (ERC-STEM), the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking 2, Horizon 2020 under Grant Agreement Number 738085 (SORCERER), from MINECO (RyC-2014-15115, Spain), and HYNANOSC (RTI2018-099504-A-C22), as well the FOTOART-CM project funded by the Madrid Region under program P2018/NMT-4367. Funding Information: This research was funded by the Israel Science Foundation (ISF), grant No. 1161/17, and supported by the Minerva Center No. 117873. The authors thank Mr. Juergen Jopp from the scientific staff of the Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology for assistance with AFM measurements, and Dr. Jiawei Xia and Ms. Liel Abisdris for assistance in materials characterization. Financial support was acknowledged from the European Union Seventh Framework Program under grant agreement 678565 (ERC‐STEM), the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking 2, Horizon 2020 under Grant Agreement Number 738085 (SORCERER), from MINECO (RyC‐2014‐15115, Spain), and HYNANOSC (RTI2018‐099504‐A‐C22), as well the FOTOART‐CM project funded by the Madrid Region under program P2018/NMT‐4367. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 Wiley-VCH GmbH",
year = "2021",
month = nov,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1002/adsu.202000265",
language = "English",
volume = "5",
journal = "Advanced Sustainable Systems",
issn = "2366-7486",
publisher = "John Wiley and Sons Inc.",
number = "11",
}
