Nanoarchitecture of a Two-Dimensional Few-Layer Graphene Oxide/ it-Conjugated Polyimide Composite for Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance

A novel two-dimensional graphene oxide/sulfurdoped polyimide (GO/SPI) hybrid polymer photocatalyst was synthesized by a facile ultrasonic chemical method. The characterization results showed that the skeleton structure of SPI was not changed when the few layers of GO were wrapped on the surface. Due to the excellent charge transport characteristics of GO and the strong pi-pi stacking interaction between two-dimensional GO and SPI, the photogenerated carrier transport capability of the GO/SPI composites was significantly enhanced compared with that of SPI. The efficient transmission and separation of photogenerated charge carriers significantly improve the photocatalytic degradation of the methyl orange activity of the GO/SPI composite. This work provides a facile and new way for the synthesis of metal-free inorganic- organic composite photocatalysts with high efficiency and low cost.

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A novel two-dimensional graphene oxide/sulfurdoped polyimide (GO/SPI) hybrid polymer photocatalyst was synthesized by a facile ultrasonic chemical method. The characterization results showed that the skeleton structure of SPI was not changed when the few layers of GO were wrapped on the surface. The photogenerated carrier transport capability of the GO/SPI composites was significantly enhanced compared with that of SPI, due to the excellent charge transport characteristics of GO and the strong pi-pi stacking interaction between two-dimensional GO and SPI. The efficient transmission and separation of photogenerated charge carriers significantly improve the photocatalytic degradation of the methyl orange activity of the GO/SPI composite. This work provides a facile and new way for the synthesis of metal-free inorganic- organic composite photocatalysts with high efficiency and low cost.