• 文献标题:   A 3D nitrogen-doped graphene aerogel for enhanced visible-light photocatalytic pollutant degradation and hydrogen evolution
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MAOUCHE C, ZHOU YZ, PENG JJ, WANG S, SUN XJ, RAHMAN N, YONGPHET P, LIU QQ, YANG J
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  • 出版物名称:   RSC ADVANCES
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  • 通讯作者地址:   Jiangsu Univ
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1039/d0ra01630f
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Three-dimensional (3D) graphene-based aerogels have attracted widespread interest as promising photocatalysts for dye degradation and hydrogen production. Herein, we have developed a 3D nitrogen-doped graphene aerogel (3DNG) from graphitic carbon nitride combined with graphene oxide (GO). The nitrogen dopant in the 3D aerogel was achieved via a thermal treatment at 1000 degrees C, and the 3D aerogel catalyst could retain its 3D porous structure after the thermal treatment. The 3DNG was characterized via FTIR, Raman, TEM, UV-vis, XPS spectroscopies and BET analysis, and the results indicated that this 3DNG with a large surface area of 536 m(2) g(-1) and a band gap of 2.42 eV demonstrated a high adsorption capacity and enhanced methylene blue degradation and hydrogen production under visible light irradiation. Characterization also identified that the porous 3D structure with hydrogen bonding and pi-pi interactions and better charge transfer resulting from the nitrogen doping are the major reasons for the enhanced photocatalytic performance over this 3DNG catalyst.