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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
Volume 133, Issue -, Pages 365-371Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2014.05.069
Keywords
Gold nanoparticles; Graphene; Laser ablation; Dye reduction; Decolorization; Catalysis
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Funding
- CSIR-UGC-JRF
- DBT-Ramalingaswami Fellowship
- DST-Fast Track, Govt. of India
- US National Science Foundation CMMI Scalable Nanomanufacturing Award [1246800]
- IITM
- DST, India
- Directorate For Engineering
- Div Of Civil, Mechanical, & Manufact Inn [1246800] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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A facile surfactant free laser ablation mediated synthesis (LAMS) of gold-graphene composite is reported here. The material was characterized using transmission electron microscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, powdered X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, Zeta potential measurements and UV-Visible spectroscopic techniques. The as-synthesized gold-graphene composite was effectively utilized as catalyst for decolorization of 4 important textile and laser dyes. The integration of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) with high surface area graphene has enhanced the catalytic activity of AuNPs. This enhanced activity is attributed to the synergistic interplay of pristine gold's electronic relay and pi-pi stacking of graphene with the dyes. This is evident when the Rhodamine B (RB) reduction rate of the composite is nearly twice faster than that of commercial citrate capped AuNPs of similar size. In case of Methylene blue (MB) the rate of reduction is 17,000 times faster than uncatalyzed reaction. This synthetic method opens door to laser ablation based fabrication of metal catalysts on graphene for improved performance without the aid of linkers and surfactants. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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