Long-Wei Yin et al 2003 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 15 309 doi:10.1088/0953-8984/15/2/330
Long-Wei Yin1,3, Mu-Sen Li1, Yu-Xian Liu1, Jin-Ling Sui2 and Jing-Min Wang1
Show affiliationsNanosized beta carbon nitride (β-C3N4), of grain size several tens of nanometres, has been synthesized by mechanochemical reaction processing. The low-cost synthetic method developed facilitates the novel and effective synthesis of nanosized crystalline β-C3N4 (a = 6.36 Å, c = 4.648 Å) powders. The graphite powders were first milled to a nanoscale state, then the nanosized graphite powders were milled in an atmosphere of NH3 gas. It was found that nanosized β-C3N4 was formed after high-energy ball milling under an NH3 atmosphere. After thermal annealing, the shape of the β-C3N4 changes from flake-like to sphere-like. The nanosized β-C3N4 formed was characterized by x-ray diffraction, Fourier transformation infrared spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. A solid–gas reaction mechanism was proposed for the formation of nanosized β-C3N4 at room temperature induced by mechanochemical activation.
Issue 2 (22 January 2003)
Received 4 September 2002
Published 6 January 2003
Long-Wei Yin et al 2003 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 15 309
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