Graphitic Carbon Nitride doped with Sulfur: Preparation, Experimental and Theoretical Characterization
g-C3N4, Nanosheets, Sulfur Doping, DFT.
g-C3N4 is a material that is becoming popular in the field of photocatalysis due to its properties. In this work, g-C3N4 nanosheets were synthesized with and without sulfur doping. Five samples were produced with different doping proportions, using urea and thiourea as precursors, in the following proportions: 100:0, 70:30, 50:50, 30:70 and 0:100%, respectively. This approach made it possible to obtain low-cost materials through a simple two-step synthesis method. In the first step, pyrolysis of the precursors took place, followed by the second step of ultrasonic liquid exfoliation to produce the nanosheets. Samples were characterized using experimental methods such as UV-vis, PL, lifetime, PLQY, XRD and FT-IR. Furthermore, the Density Functional Theory (DFT) was employed for the theoretical characterization of these materials.