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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
Volume 118, Issue 48, Pages 28283-28290Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp509575p
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- Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi, India [SR/FTP/PS-066/2010]
- DST-FIST
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We report the photocurrent generation in reduced graphene oxidecadmium zinc sulfide (RGOCd(0.75)Zn(0).S-25) nano composite material under simulated solar light irradiation, where the photocurrent increases linearly with increasing incident light intensity. We also report the temperature dependent electrical conductivity and conductivity relaxation in RGOCd(0.75)Zn(0.25)S composite. At low frequency, the real part of conductivity is independent of frequency, and above a characteristic crossover frequency, the conductivity decreases with the increase in frequency, which indicates the onset of a relaxation phenomenon. The dc conductivity of the RGOCd(0.75)Zn(0.25)S composite shows Arrhenius behavior. From the scaling of real part of conductivity spectra, we have observed that the dynamic process occurring at different temperatures have the same thermal activation energy. The RGOCd(0.75)Zn(0.25)S composite shows an enhancement of photo catalytic activity in comparison to control sample under simulated solar light irradiation to degrade Rhodamine B. The RGO sheets prolong the separation of photo induced electrons and holes in Cd0.75Zn0.25S, which hinder the electronhole recombination and subsequently enhances the photocurrent generation and photocatalytic activity under simulated solar light irradiation.
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