Herein, we report nonaqueous synthesis of metal cyanamide semiconductor nanocrystals, including Ag2NCN nanorods (NRs), ZnNCN NRs and PbNCN nanoparticles. The as-prepared Ag2NCN NRs with a band gap of 2.35 eV… Click to show full abstract
Herein, we report nonaqueous synthesis of metal cyanamide semiconductor nanocrystals, including Ag2NCN nanorods (NRs), ZnNCN NRs and PbNCN nanoparticles. The as-prepared Ag2NCN NRs with a band gap of 2.35 eV are applied as photocatalysts for water oxidation. Their oxygen evolution rate (280.7 μmol h-1 g-1) is much higher than that of Ag2NCN microcrystals (24.0 μmol h-1 g-1).
               
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