A comparative study between thermal etching and liquid exfoliation of bulk graphitic carbon nitride to nanosheets for the photocatalytic degradation of a model environmental pollutant, Rhodamine B
Nicholas Rono, Joshua K. Kibet, Bice S. Martincigh, Vincent O. Nyamori
Topics & Concepts
Exfoliation jointGraphitic carbon nitrideMaterials sciencePhotocatalysisRhodamine BBand gapEtching (microfabrication)Chemical engineeringThermal stabilityThermal treatmentSpecific surface areaNanotechnologyRhodamineComposite materialOptoelectronicsChemistryOrganic chemistryGrapheneOpticsCatalysisPhysicsFluorescenceEngineeringLayer (electronics)Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques2D Materials and ApplicationsGas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors