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CHINESE CHEMICAL LETTERS
Volume 27, Issue 9, Pages 1572-1576Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2016.03.003
Keywords
ZnTe; Nanocomposite; Reduced graphene oxide; Photocatalysis
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [11164026, 51172193, 11504313, 51362026]
- Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of Xinjiang [2013711007]
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Zinc telluride/reduced graphene oxide (ZnTe/RGO) nanocomposites are synthesized by a one-pot, facile, solvothermal process using hydrazine hydrate as the reducing agent. Hydrazine hydrate not only promoted the formation of ZnTe nanoparticles but also reduced GO to RGO. The formation of ZnTe/RGO is demonstrated by different techniques. In addition, the experimental results suggest a possible formation mechanism of these nanocomposites. Finally, due to the transfer of the photo-generated electrons between ZnTe and RGO resulting in low electrons/holes recombination, the as-prepared nanocomposites of ZnTe/RGO exhibited strongly enhanced photocatalytic activity for the bleaching of methyl blue (MB) dye under visible light irradiation. (C) 2016 Chinese Chemical Society and Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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