• 文献标题:   Hidden Relaxation Channels in Aqueous Methylene Blue after Functionalization of Graphene Oxide Probed by Transient Absorption Spectroscopy
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KE D, SUI LZ, LIU DL, WANG YS, LI SY, JIANG YF, CHEN AM, JIN MX
  • 作者关键词:   transient absorption spectroscopy, methylene blue, functionalization of graphene oxide, relaxation channel
  • 出版物名称:   CHINESE JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
  • ISSN:   1674-0068 EI 1003-7713
  • 通讯作者地址:   Jilin Univ
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1063/1674-0068/30/cjcp1704070
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

The mixture of graphene oxide (GO) and dye molecules may provide some new applications due to unique electronic, optical, and structural properties. Methylene blue (MB), a typical anionic dye, can attach on GO via 7F-7F stacking and electrostatic interaction, and the molecule removal process on GO has been observed. However, it remains unclear about the ultrafast carrier dynamics and the internal energy transfer pathways of the system which is composed of GO and MB. We have employed ultrafast optical pump-probe spectroscopy to investigate the excited dynamics of the GO-MB system dispersed in water by exciting the samples at 400 nm pump pulse. The pristine MB and GO dynamics are also analyzed in tandem for a direct comparison. Utilizing the global analysis to fit the measured signal via a sequential model, five lifetimes are acquired: (0.61 +/- 0.01) ps, (3.52 +/- 0.04) ps, (14.1 +/- 0.3) ps, (84 +/- 2) ps, and (3.66 +/- 0.08) ns. The ultrafast dynamics corresponding to these lifetimes was analyzed and the new relaxation processes were found in the GO-MB system, compared with the pristine MB. The results reveal that the functionalization of GO can alter the known decay pathways of MB via the energy transfer from GO to MB in system, the increased intermediate state, and the promoted energy transfer from triplet state MB to ground state oxygen molecules dissolved in aqueous sample.