• 文献标题:   Facile sonochemical synthesis and electrochemical investigation of ceria/graphene nanocomposites
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   DEZFULI AS, GANJALI MR, NOROUZI P, FARIDBOD F
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY B
  • ISSN:   2050-750X EI 2050-7518
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Tehran
  • 被引频次:   45
  • DOI:   10.1039/c4tb01847h
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

The potential benefits of decorated graphene are of great interest as they may lead to technological advancements in fabricating electro-chemical devices for catalysis, sensing and energy storage. In this study, we have developed a self-assembly approach to anchor CeO2 nanoparticles on reduced graphene oxide (RGO) through a facile, efficient sonochemical method. We characterized the CeO2-RGO nanocomposites using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy and field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM). The results reveal that CeO2 nanoparticles with a uniform size distribution are anchored on RGO. Furthermore, we investigated the electrochemical properties of CeO2-RGO nanocomposites for different probes by using cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) techniques. We found that a suitable loading content of CeO2 on RGO can induce a synergistic effect for optimizing the electrocatalytic activity of the nanocomposites. Our findings will have a profound effect on the use of CeO2-RGO nanocomposites in electrochemical devices.