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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
Volume 44, Issue 16, Pages 19725-19734Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2018.07.226
Keywords
Cerium; Graphene; Oxygen vacancies; Composite; Photoluminescence spectra
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- Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia [855/UN6.3.1/PL/2017]
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Ce doped ZnO/rGO composite materials were prepared by a one-pot hydrothermal process without any surfactant. The size, crystallography and morphology of the composite were investigated in detail by X- ray diffraction (XRD) studies, Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopic (SEM), transmission electron microscopic (TEM) studies, UV-Vis spectroscopic analysis and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic (XPS) analysis. The XRD pattern substantiates the formation of Ce doped ZnO/rGO composite revealing the wurtzite structure of ZnO. The SEM micrograph illustrates flower-like morphology for ZnO/rGO composite which coalesced further after cerium incorporation. Additionally, TEM image illustrated that ZnO hexagons were disoriented from its flower structure in Ce/ZnO/rGO composite. The XPS spectra further reaffirm the formation of cerium doped ZnO/rGO composite. The photoluminescence (PL) spectra confirms that emission occurs in the UV and visible region and several active sub-levels were observed in visible region on deconvolution, due to the incorporation of cerium. Antibacterial activity towards B. subtills and V. harveyi affirmed that the incorporation of Ce in ZnO/rGO composite leads to an improved antibacterial activity.
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