Journal
SYNTHETIC METALS
Volume 198, Issue -, Pages 10-18Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2014.09.034
Keywords
Graphene oxide; Titanium dioxide; Nanocomposite; Photocatalyst; Hydrogen production; Photo reduction
Funding
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant - Korea government Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) [2010-C1AAA001-0029018]
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Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles decorated reduced graphene oxide (RGO) composites were fabricated via an in-situ sol-gel route. TEM analysis revealed that the TiO2 nanoparticles of a size less than 8 nm were coated onto the RGO surface. The TiO2 nanoparticles on the RGO surface were spherical and well dispersed. The nanocomposite exhibited enhanced photocatalytic activity for hydrogen (H-2) production with a rate of 203 mu mol/h, which was higher than that of TiO2 (35 mu mol/h) and P25 (51 mu mol/ h). This is because the TiO2 nanoparticles on the RGO sheets can capture light energy and facilitate excited electron transfer for H-2 production via the RGO, which acts as an efficient electron mediator. The nanocomposite also showed efficient photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue and photo-reductive conversion of Cr(VI) with a rate of 2.2 and 1.7 times higher than that of P25, respectively. These degradation results indicated that the photocatalytic performance of the nanocomposite was greatly enhanced by the improved adsorption performance and separation efficiency of the photo-generated carriers. The nanocomposite maintained a higher level of activity,even after four recycles. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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