- Title
- 3D cubic mesoporous C₃N₄ with tunable pore diameters derived from KIT-6 and their application in base catalyzed Knoevenagel reaction
- Creator
- Talapaneni, Siddulu N.; Ramadass, Kavitha; Ruban, Sujanya J.; Benzigar, Mercy; Lakhi, Kripal S.; Yang, Jae-Hun; Rayon, Ugo; Albahily, Khalid; Vinu, Ajayan
- Relation
- ARC.FT100100970 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT100100970
- Relation
- Catalysis Today Vol. 324, p. 33-38
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2018.08.003
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2019
- Description
- A novel highly ordered three dimensional mesoporous graphitic carbon nitride (MGCN-6) with C₃N₄ stoichiometry having amorphous wall structure, tunable textural parameters with body-centered cubic Ia3d framework has been prepared from 3D mesoporous silica, KIT-6 with adjustable pore diameters as hard templates through a temperature-induced poly condensation followed by the polymerization reaction of cyanamide (CNNH₂) precursor. The structure of the resulting mesoporous graphitic carbon nitride materials consists of sheets of three-dimensionally arranged s-heptazine units that are held together by covalent bonds between C and N atoms. The realized MGCN-6 materials have been thoroughly characterized using various techniques such as powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), N2 physisorption, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), UV–vis and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, and elemental analysis. The characterization data reveal that the resultant materials possess a well-defined ordered three-dimensional porous structure with a high surface area and a large pore volume. The catalytic activity of these materials has been tested in the Knoevenagel condensation between benzaldehyde and malononitrile. This catalyst is found to be highly active and shows a high conversion with 100% product selectivity even at room temperature.
- Subject
- mesoporous; carbon nitride; catalysis; nanoporous; C3N4
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1413235
- Identifier
- uon:36598
- Identifier
- ISSN:0920-5861
- Language
- eng
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