Resumen: A polymeric carbon nitride thin film has been grown using chemical vapor deposition. The characterization of the material shows that it has the same molecular composition as a formerly synthesized graphitic carbon nitride powder but both substances differ widely in their structural organization. In particular, our analyses reveal a paradoxical character in which the thin film sample exhibits simultaneously a high degree of organization in the stacking of the polymer sheets with strong inter-layer interactions, as expected from the growth technique, and a complete lack of crystallinity. A comprehensive theoretical study based on massive semi-empirical quantum chemistry computations has permitted to explain the properties of the material and to elucidate fundamental issues regarding the structural conformation of graphitic carbon nitride. Idioma: Inglés DOI: 10.1016/j.diamond.2020.108169 Año: 2021 Publicado en: Diamond and Related Materials 111, 108169 (2021), [12 pp] ISSN: 0925-9635 Factor impacto JCR: 3.806 (2021) Categ. JCR: MATERIALS SCIENCE, COATINGS & FILMS rank: 7 / 20 = 0.35 (2021) - Q2 - T2 Categ. JCR: PHYSICS, CONDENSED MATTER rank: 26 / 69 = 0.377 (2021) - Q2 - T2 Categ. JCR: PHYSICS, APPLIED rank: 55 / 161 = 0.342 (2021) - Q2 - T2 Categ. JCR: MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY rank: 171 / 345 = 0.496 (2021) - Q2 - T2 Factor impacto CITESCORE: 5.2 - Engineering (Q1) - Materials Science (Q2)