Facile molten salt synthesis of atomically thin boron nitride nanosheets and their co-catalytic effect on the performance of carbon nitride photocatalyst

Liang Tian, Junyi Li, Feng Liang, Shuai Chang, Haijun Zhang, Mingyang Zhang, Shaowei Zhang

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Abstract

Two-dimensional atomically thin boron nitride (BN) nanosheets possess many distinctive properties but their applications are still being hindered by the technical difficulties in their synthesis methods, due to the strong lip-lip interactions between their basal planes. In this paper, we reported a facile and scalable bottom-up approach to synthsizing atomically thin BN nanosheets in a molten salt medium. As-prepared BN nanosheets can be used as an effective co-catalyst to improve the catalytic performance of carbon nitride photocatalyst, owing to the interfacial effect induced by their addition. In the case of photodegradation of rhodamine B, for example, the photodegradation rate of carbon nitride could be approximately doubled when 5 wt% as-prepared BN nanosheets were added.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)664-672
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Colloid and Interface Science
Volume536
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Feb 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Boron nitride nanosheets
  • Enhanced photocatalysis
  • Molten salt synthesis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Biomaterials
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films
  • Colloid and Surface Chemistry

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