Composite Foams of the Graphitic Carbon Nitride@Carbon Nanofibrils Conferred a Superamphiphilic Property and Reinforced Thermal Stability.
Yanbiao RenDandan ZhuTiesheng ShiBo SongJingbo QiLincai ZhangYanxin YuPublished in: Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids (2023)
Herein, we demonstrated the preparation of novel three-dimensional (3D) superamphiphilic g-C 3 N 4 @carbon nanofibers foam (g-C 3 N 4 @CNFs) via a two-step approach: liquid nitrogen treatment-freeze-drying; the foams possessed good thermal stability. In this approach, melamine acted as a nitrogen source, and nanofibrillated cellulose (NFCs) functioned as a 3D skeleton. The thermal stability of the as-prepared g-C 3 N 4 @CNFs-3 foam was much higher than that of g-C 3 N 4 @CNFs-1, as indicated by thermogravimetric data, including an increase of the onset weight loss point ( T onset ) by 238.6 °C and an improvement of the maximal weight loss rate ( T max ) by 258.8 °C. The combination of g-C 3 N 4 with CNFs conferred a reduction in the heat release rate (ca. -86%) and the total heat release (ca. -75%). Furthermore, the composition of the hydrophilically oxygenated functional groups and hydrophobic triazine domains in g-C 3 N 4 @CNFs rendered it a unique amphiphilic property (contact angle close to 0° within 1.0 s for water and 0° within 12 ms for hexane). A high storage capacity for water and various organic solvents of the superamphiphilic g-C 3 N 4 @CNFs foam was found, up to 40-50 times its original weight. The discovery of these superamphiphilic foams is of great significance for the development of superwetting materials and may find their applications in oil emulsion purification and catalyst support fields.
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