• 文献标题:   High Performance Photocatalytic Degradation by Graphene/Titanium Nanotubes Under Near Visible Light with Low Energy Irradiation
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LIANG X, TAO H, ZHANG Q, CHANG CT
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, tio2 nanotube, photocatalytic degradation, scavengers for holes radical
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE NANOTECHNOLOGY
  • ISSN:   1533-4880 EI 1533-4899
  • 通讯作者地址:   Natl Ilan Univ
  • 被引频次:   7
  • DOI:   10.1166/jnn.2015.10020
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

In this study, a novel titanium dioxide nanotubes and graphene (GR-TNT) nano-composite was synthesized through a hydrothermal method. The introduction of GR was aimed to reduce the rapid electron-hole recombination of TiO2 thus improving their phtotcatalytic behavior in real application. The catalysts were characterized by using FT-IR, UV-Vis, XRD, TEM. The degradation results showed that the combined GR and TNT composite could obviously increase the photocatalysis efficiency for Reactive Black 5. The RBk5 removal can reach up to 90% under the near visible light irradiation for 3 h with the irradiation intensity less than 1.0 mW cm(-2) and the 10% GR-TNT dosage of 0.1 g L-1 at original pH (about 5.8). Further experiments were done to probe the mechanism of the photocatalytic reaction catalyzed by GR-TNT composite. EDTA and t-BuOH, which were used as holes and radical scavengers, was used to determine the active oxidative species in the system and the results suggested a holes-driven oxidation mechanism. This study provides a new prospect of using.