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Facile synthesis and basic catalytic application of 3D mesoporous carbon
nitride with a controllable bimodal distribution**
b,c
5 Siddulu Naidu Talapaneni,
Srinivasan Anandan,b Gurudas P. Mane,b,c Chokkalingam Anand,a,b
Dattatray S. Dhawale,a Shaji Varghese,a Ajayan Mano,b Toshiyuki Mori,c,d and Ajayan Vinua,b,c*
10 15 20 25 30 Fig. 1S Lower angle powder XRD pattern of (a) KIT-6-100 and (b) MCN-6-100.
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40 45 50 Intensity / a.u
35 (220)
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Angle (2CuK / Degrees)
Fig. 2S Lower angle powder XRD pattern of mesoporous carbon nitride washed with NaOH.
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5 10 15 20 25 30 Fig. 3S Lower angle powder XRD pattern of (a) KIT-6-100 and (b) MCN-6-100.
35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 Fig. 4S HRSEM images of (a-b) MCN-6-100; (c-d) MCN-6-130 and (e-f) MCN-6-150.
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5 10 15 20 Fig. 5S UV-vis absorbance spectra of MCN-6 materials.
25 30 Fig. 5S UV-vis absorbance spectra of MCN-6 materials.
40 TCD Signal (a.u)
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Temperature oC
50 Fig. 6S CO2 TPD data of MCN-6-100 prepared after NaOH treatment (0.13 mmol of CO2/g at
177.2°C).