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Integrating CuInSe2nanocrystals with polymeric carbon nitride nanorods for photocatalytic water splitting
Chen, Yilin,Gao, Bifen,Lin, Bizhou,Tan, Mingyue,Wang, Lvting,Xiao, Yingying,Zheng, Yun
, p. 7598 - 7604 (2020)
Developing photocatalysts with improved photoactivity and efficiency has remained an enduring theme both fundamentally and technologically in the field of photocatalysis. Polymeric carbon nitride (CN) has been widely exploited as an earth-abundant photocatalyst for water redox reactions. Nevertheless, the limited visible-light utilization rate and the high recombination rate of photoinduced charge carriers give rise to the moderate photocatalytic reactivity of CN in water splitting. Herein, p-type CuInSe2nanocrystals are prepared by a solvothermal approach and then immobilized with n-type CN nanorods through self-assembly and thermal treatment process, forming a CuInSe2/CN hybrid photocatalyst. Benefiting from the p-n heterojunction, a 3% CuInSe2/CN nanocomposite photocatalyst exhibits a three-fold increase in the hydrogen evolution rate (HER) compared to that of bare CN nanorods owing to the strengthened visible-light capturing capability and improved separation rate of photoexcited charge carriers. This work paves new avenues for the construction of p-n heterojunction photocatalysts for solar fuel production.
Self-assembled organogels formed by mono-chain L-alanine derivatives
Luo,Liu,Liang
, p. 1556 - 1557 (2001)
The mono-chain L-alanine derivatives self-assemble into bilayer aggregates in a number of organic liquids and gelatinize the liquids.
Molecular mechanism of physical gelation of hydrocarbons by fatty acid amides of natural amino acids
Pal, Asish,Ghosh, Yamuna K.,Bhattacharya, Santanu
, p. 7334 - 7348 (2008/02/04)
A variety of fatty acid amides of different naturally occurring l-amino acids have been synthesized and they are found to form gels with various hydrocarbons. The gelation properties of these compounds were studied by a number of physical methods including FTIR spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, rheology, and it was found that gelation depended critically on the fatty acid chain length and the nature of the amino acid. Among them l-alanine based gelators were found to be the most efficient and versatile gelators as they self-assemble into a layered structure to form the gel network. Mechanisms for the assembly and formation of gels from these molecules are discussed.