• 文献标题:   Enhanced photocatalytic organic dye removal performance of micro-nanostructured TiO2/graphene composites by using hydrochloric acid control its morphology
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   GAO HH, MO ZL, WANG YW, NIU XH, LI ZL
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCEMATERIALS IN ELECTRONICS
  • ISSN:   0957-4522 EI 1573-482X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Northwest Normal Univ
  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1007/s10854-017-7318-3
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

In this study, hydrochloric acid solution concentration-controlled micro/nanostructured mixed crystalline phase of TiO2 coated with graphene was prepared via a one-step hydrothermal method to improve photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants. By several characterization methods such as X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, we demonstrate that the mixed crystal phase of TiO2 (2-5 nm) evenly distributed among the thin graphene layers when the concentration of hydrochloric acid solution is 3 mol/L. Compared with the bare P25, the photocatalytic activity and adsorption capacity of the composites were much enhanced, resulting from the involving of graphene sheet as chainmail, which facilitates the charge separation, suppresses the recombination of electron-hole pairs, and improves light conversion efficiency of catalysts. In addition, the degradation rate of micro/nanostructured TiO2/GN (graphene) composite under ultraviolet light irradiation was much higher than pure TiO2. After 40 min irradiation, the degradation rate of RhB reaches 97.2%. It is expected that this synthetic strategy may provide a new pathway for the fabrication of various GN-based hybrids with multi-dimensional micro/nanostructures.