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ArticleSmall (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2026

Direct Synthesis of Exfoliated Carbon Nitride Mediated by Sodiated Cellulose Nanocrystals for Photocatalytic and Adsorbent Applications.

Narendra Chaulagain, Kazi M Alam, Ehsan Shahini, John C Garcia, Md Masud Rana, Riley W Hooper, Diganta Sarkar, Damini Vrushabendrakumar, Harshitha Rajashekhar, Navneet Kumar and 4 more

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Article in Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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14 authors.

Narendra ChaulagainDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6355-2599
Kazi M AlamDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5075-5928
Ehsan ShahiniDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2696-2059
John C GarciaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5964-5781
Md Masud RanaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8210-3294
Riley W HooperDepartment of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6208-1577
Diganta SarkarDepartment of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4858-299X
Damini VrushabendrakumarDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0864-2265
Harshitha RajashekharDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8019-4970
Navneet KumarDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2703-6711
Alkiviathes MeldrumDepartment of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7215-4023
Vladimir K MichaelisDepartment of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6708-7660
Tian TangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2387-3571
Karthik ShankarDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7347-3333

Funding

Alberta Graduate Excellence scholarshipAlberta InnovatesAlberta Innovates Advance 222301963Analytical Chemistry LaboratoryCanada First Research Excellence Fund FES T12-P02Digital Research Alliance of CanadaElectron Microscopy Laboratory, Cross Cancer Institute Imaging facilityHybrid Functional Materials, and the Resilient and Clean Energy Systems InitiativeInstitute of Oil Sands Innovation (IOSI)National Research Council-National Institute for NanotechnologyNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada CREATE-463990-2015Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery NSERC RGPIN-2020-04620Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery RGPIN-2018-04281NSERC CREATE "ATUMS" programUniversity of Alberta nanoFAB
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As an evolving 2D organic semiconductor, graphitic carbon nitride has drawn scientific research interest for applications extending from photo/electrocatalysis to adsorbents and biosensing. Herein, a few atomic-layer-thick carbon nitride nanosheets (CNNS) were synthesized using an in situ exfoliation technique by introducing sodiated sulfate hydrolyzed cellulose nanocrystals into the polymerization precursor mixture. The directly exfoliated CNNS possessed a much higher concentration of unpaired electron spins than bulk carbon nitride (BCN), as evidenced by EPR spectroscopy. Solid-state NMR, and XPS confirmed the incorporation of sodium in the carbon nitride framework. Introducing Na dopants inhibited the stacking and aggregation of carbon nitride nanosheets, widening the bandgap of a material. When compared to BCN, it was discovered that the bandgap of the exfoliated carbon nitride (NaCNC-CNNS) increased from 2.76 to 2.90 eV, along with a fourfold increase in specific surface area and tenfold increase in pore volume. NaCNC-CNNS exhibited a significant advantage in photogenerated charge carrier separation and transfer compared to BCN. Given its higher PEC water splitting performance and higher aqueous dye adsorption efficiency, the NaCNC-CNNS structure appears to be more suitable as a photoelectrocatalyst and adsorbent than BCN. Molecular dynamics simulations and analyses confirmed that the NaCNC-CNNS structure is more exposed, which facilitates the interaction of solvent molecules with nanosheets and promotes their intercalating action.

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alkali metal ion intercalationanisotropic electron spin resonancecomputational modelingmethylene blue chemisorptionphotoelectrochemical water splittingsolid‐state nuclear magnetic resonancetwo‐dimensional g‐C3N4

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PMID41983316
PMCPMC13181524

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