Alkali-assisted mild aqueous exfoliation for single-layered and structure-preserved graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 495, Issue , 2017, Pages 19-26

  Li, Gengnan ^a   Li, Liang ^a   Yuan, Haiyang ^b   Wang, Haifeng ^b   Zeng, Huarong ^c   Shi, Jianlin ^a,c  

^a East China University of Science and Technology   (China)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL CATALYSIS   (China)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Alkali solution; Exfoliation; Graphitic carbon nitride; Nanosheets

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBON NITRIDE; DELAMINATION; NANOSHEETS; NITRIDES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALKALI SOLUTIONS; ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; AQUEOUS EXFOLIATIONS; EXFOLIATION; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; THEORETICAL MODELING; ULTRASONIC ASSISTANTS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION MEASUREMENTS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

ALKALI; CARBON; GRAPHITE; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDE NANOSHEET; NANOSHEET; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CALCULATION; COLLOID; CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 85011587119     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: 10957103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.01.112     Document Type: Article

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