Puffed millet derived bi-functional carbon nitride nano-sheets as efficient photocatalyst and high performance supercapacitor electrode material

Abstract

The graphitic carbon nitride has been synthesized by eco-friendly method using millet seeds. The thermal puffing effect had turned millet into puffed millet and formed adjacent nanosheets nanostructure. High surface area of g-CN was achieved by using KOH through activation process and nanosheets are in the range of 150–250 nm. CV measurement demonstrated that it has capacitance of 250F/g with high stability and cyclic retention (92.2 %) which are crucial for supercapacitors. The degradation of methyl orange exhibited good photocatalytic performance (efficiency >90 %). This depicts that both “puffing effect” and chemical activation process could change biomaterials into functional materials for practical application.