title: Au-nanoparticle-loaded graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets: green photocatalytic synthesis and application toward the degradation of organic pollutants.
abstract: Au nanoparticles (AuNPs) were loaded on graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) nanosheets prepared by ultrasonication-assisted liquid exfoliation of bulk g-C3N4 via green photoreduction of Au(III) under visible light irradiation using g-C3N4 as an effective photocatalyst. The nanohybrids show superior photocatalytic activities for the decomposition of methyl orange under visible-light irradiation to bulk g-C3N4, g-C3N4 nanosheets, and AuNP/bulk g-C3N4 hybrids.
authors.affiliation: State Key Lab of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, Jilin, China.
authors.forename: Ningyan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Jingqi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Chenjiao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.forename: Abdullah H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Qusti
authors.forename: Abdullah M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Asiri
authors.forename: Abdulrahman O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Al-Youbi
authors.forename: Xuping
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D001391:Azo Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry*; D055772:Green Chemistry Technology; D008027:Light; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning / Q000379:methods; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D009570:Nitriles / Q000737:chemistry*; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry; D010777:Photochemistry / Q000379:methods; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D001391:Azo Compounds; D004396:Coloring Agents; D009570:Nitriles; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; C011206:cyanogen; C100258:methyl orange; D006046:Gold; D006108:Graphite