AVS 63rd International Symposium & Exhibition
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Paper 2D+MI-TuM5
Atomic and Electronic Structures of Graphitic Carbon Nitride (g-C3N4) Monolayers on HOPG

Tuesday, November 8, 2016, 9:20 am, Room 103B

Session: Novel 2D Materials
Presenter: Sangwoo Park, Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea
Authors: S. Park, Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea
HM. Kang, Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea
J.H. Yang, Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea
J.H. Choy, Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea
YJ. Song, Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea
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In this work, we report atomic and electronic studies of graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) monolayers on a highly-ordered pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) by using atomic force microscope (AFM), kelvin probe force microscope (KPFM) and low temperature scanning tunneling microscope (LT-STM). The g-C3N4 is the most stable allotrope of carbon-nitrides and a very promising candidate for metal-free coordination chemistry and heterogeneous catalyst. Also it is applicable photocatalytic hydrogen production and fuel cell. After successful spin-coating of the g-C3N4 monolayers on HOPG, we found the inter-molecular interactions between the flakes or the atomic registries of adsorption on the substrate. This coating mechanism and atomic/electronic properties of g-C3N4 on HOPG will be discussed in detail.