Efficient water cleaning by self-standing carbon nitride films derived from supramolecular hydrogels
Junyi Li, Li a, Snir Dor b, Jesús Barrio c, Menny Shalom a
a Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beerseba, Israel, Beerseba, Israel
b Department of Materials Engineering Israel Ministry of Defense
c Department of Materials, Royal School of Mines Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, United Kingdom
Materials for Sustainable Development Conference (MATSUS)
Proceedings of Materials for Sustainable Development Conference (MAT-SUS) (NFM22)
#2DNanoMat - 2D Nanomaterials for Energy and Environmental Applications
Barcelona, Spain, 2022 October 24th - 28th
Organizers: Mónica Lira-Cantú and Jordi Arbiol
Poster, Junyi Li, Li, 225
Publication date: 11th July 2022

The design of efficient self-standing hybrid systems for water purification that combines good adsorption properties with high photodegradation ability is highly challenging owing to the difficulty in simultaneously controlling the band structure and porosity of a semiconductor while maintaining its self-standing nature. Here, we report the synthesis of carbon-rich carbon nitride self-standing filters from supramolecular hydrogels composed of melamine and cyanobenzoic acid. The influence of the chemical structure on the properties of the hydrogels and the final films was studied by tuning parameters such as monomer nature, molar ratio, and pyrolysis temperature. Thanks to their ability to combine the adsorption and photodegradation of organic pollutants, the prepared self-standing films showed remarkable activity and stability in flow conditions (>95% efficiency after 10 consecutive cycles). Additionally, the photocatalytic activity of the films was assessed in the powder form for the hydrogen evolution reaction and photocurrent generation in a photoelectrochemical cell. The reported work opens opportunities for the controlled synthesis of multifunctional filters for water purification and other energy-related and sustainable technologies

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