The Preparation of Amorphous Aluminum Oxide Modified g-C3N4 to Improve Photocatalytic Performance in Contaminant Degradation Applications

For the first time, aluminum alloy was used as the main source to prepare aluminum oxide-modified carbon nitride with a melamine–cyanuric acid supramolecular complex. The introduction of amorphous aluminum oxide confers macroporosity to the skeletons of g-C3N4-AlOx. Its surface area increased to 75.5 m2g−1, about 1.5 times that of single g-C3N4. After modification, the visible light response range was expanded, especially at 450~500 nm, while the band structure could be adjusted. Compared with g-C3N4, g-C3N4-AlOxhas better photocatalytic performance, the adsorption rate for the dye rhodamine B (RhB) is about 2.1 times that of g-C3N4, and the RhB removal rate is 1.2 times that of g-C3N4.Keywords:g-C3N4;modification;aluminum alloy as aluminum source;photocatalysis;porosity introduction