Journal
NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 27, Issue 26, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/26/265703
Keywords
in situ reduction; cubic cuprous oxide; reduced graphene oxide; photocatalyst; methyl orange
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [61574091, 61376003, 81270209]
- Program of Shanghai Academic/Technology Research Leader [15XD1525200]
- Program for Professor of Special Appointment (Eastern Scholar) at Shanghai Institutions of Higher Learning
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Agri-X Funding [Agri-X2015007]
- Instrumental Analysis Center of Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Center for Advanced Electronic Materials and Devices of Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Ask authors/readers for more resources
There has been a growing interest in gathering together photocatalysis of semiconductors, like cuprous oxide (Cu2O), and the excellent electron transmittability of graphene to produce a graphene-based semiconductor for photocatalytic degradation. In this paper, a mild one-pot in situ synthesis of cubic cuprous oxide-reduced graphene oxide (Cu2O-RGO) nanocomposites has been proposed for the removal of methyl orange. In contrast to pure cubic Cu2O particles under similar preparation conditions, the cubic Cu2O-RGO nanocomposites demonstrate enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity for methyl orange dye with a 100% degradation rate in 100 min. The enhanced photocatalytic performance is mainly attributed to the increased charge transportation, effective separation of photoelectrons from vacancies, and the improved contact area.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available