title: Facile fabrication of highly efficient g-C₃N₄/BiFeO₃ nanocomposites with enhanced visible light photocatalytic activities.
abstract: Graphitic carbon nitride/bismuth ferrite (g-C3N4/BiFeO3) nanocomposites with various g-C3N4 contents have been synthesized by a simple method. After the deposition-precipitation process, the novel BiFeO3 spindle-like nanoparticles with the size of ∼100 nm were homogeneously decorated on the surfaces of the C3N4 nanosheets. A possible deposition growth mechanism is proposed on the basis of experimental results. The as-prepared g-C3N4/BiFeO3 composites exhibit high efficiency for the degradation of methyl orange (MO) under visible light irradiation, which can be mainly attributed to the synergic effect between g-C3N4 and BiFeO3. The ability to tune surface and interfacial characteristics for the optimization of photophysical properties suggests that the deposition growth process may enable formation of hybrids suitable for a range of photocatalytic applications based on g-C3N4.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics & Information Displays (KLOEID), Synergetic Innovation Center for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (SICOEID), Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Materials Science and Engineering (SMSE), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT), Nanjing 210023, PR China; School of Science, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT), Nanjing 210023, PR China.
authors.forename: Xingfu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics & Information Displays (KLOEID), Synergetic Innovation Center for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (SICOEID), Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Materials Science and Engineering (SMSE), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT), Nanjing 210023, PR China; School of Science, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT), Nanjing 210023, PR China.
authors.forename: Weiwei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics & Information Displays (KLOEID), Synergetic Innovation Center for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (SICOEID), Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Materials Science and Engineering (SMSE), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT), Nanjing 210023, PR China.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics & Information Displays (KLOEID), Synergetic Innovation Center for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (SICOEID), Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Materials Science and Engineering (SMSE), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT), Nanjing 210023, PR China.
authors.forename: Yumin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics & Information Displays (KLOEID), Synergetic Innovation Center for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (SICOEID), Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Materials Science and Engineering (SMSE), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT), Nanjing 210023, PR China.
authors.forename: Chuye
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Quan
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics & Information Displays (KLOEID), Synergetic Innovation Center for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (SICOEID), Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Materials Science and Engineering (SMSE), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT), Nanjing 210023, PR China.
authors.forename: Qiaoxia
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics & Information Displays (KLOEID), Synergetic Innovation Center for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (SICOEID), Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Materials Science and Engineering (SMSE), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT), Nanjing 210023, PR China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: School of Science, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT), Nanjing 210023, PR China.
authors.forename: Jianping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics & Information Displays (KLOEID), Synergetic Innovation Center for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (SICOEID), Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Materials Science and Engineering (SMSE), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT), Nanjing 210023, PR China. Electronic address: lxahbmy@126.com.
authors.forename: Xing'ao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics & Information Displays (KLOEID), Synergetic Innovation Center for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (SICOEID), Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Materials Science and Engineering (SMSE), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT), Nanjing 210023, PR China; Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), National Synergistic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211816, PR China. Electronic address: iamwhuang@njupt.edu.cn.com.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Huang
keywords: BiFeO(3); Nanocomposites; Photocatalysis; g-C(3)N(4)