• 文献标题:   Variant effect of graphene sheets and ribbons on photocatalytic activity of TiO2 sheets/graphene composite
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HAN ZZ, WEI LY, PAN HB, LI CY, CHEN JH
  • 作者关键词:   graphene sheet, graphene ribbon, width of graphene ribbon, tio2 nanosheet, photocatalysi
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS ACHEMICAL
  • ISSN:   1381-1169 EI 1873-314X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Fuzhou Univ
  • 被引频次:   6
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.molcata.2015.01.006
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

To investigate the effect of graphene sheets and ribbons on photocatalysis, the composite of anatase TiO2 nanosheets (TiO2-NS) and graphene materials was prepared. Graphene oxide sheet (GOS) was synthesized by a modified Hummers' method, and graphene oxide ribbon (GOR) was formed by unzipping carbon nanotubes. UV-vis absorption spectrum and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) reveal that GOSs and GORs were photoreduced with TiO2-NS under ultraviolet irradiation. The as-prepared TiO2 nanosheets/graphene sheets (TS-GNSs) or ribbons (TS-GNRs) display drastically quenching of photoluminescence (PL) intensity and lower electron impedance, and TS-GNSs show better results than TS-GNRs. It is due to the excellent mobility of charge carriers and large surface area with graphene, which facilitate the separation of electron-hole pairs. Thus, TS-GNSs and TS-GNRs exhibit prominent photocatalytic activity under ultraviolet irradiation. The degradation efficiency of RhB is nearly 80% for TS-GNRs and 100% for TS-GNSs within 25 min. The lower degradation efficiency of TS-GNRs is due to the lower charge mobility of GNRs, which demonstrates that the excellent charge mobility of graphene plays a crucial role in composites for photodegradation. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.