• 文献标题:   Nitrogen Graphene: A New and Exciting Generation of Visible Light Driven Photocatalyst and Energy Storage Application
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MOHAMED MM, MOUSA MA, KHAIRY M, AMER AA
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  • 出版物名称:   ACS OMEGA
  • ISSN:   2470-1343
  • 通讯作者地址:   Benha Univ
  • 被引频次:   7
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsomega.7b01806
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

The synthesis of nitrogen, boron, and nitrogen-boron-codoped graphenes was attained via mixing solutions of GO with urea, boric acid, and a mixture of both, respectively, followed by drying in vacuum and annealing at 900 degrees C for 10 h. These materials were thoroughly characterized employing XRD, TEM, FTIR, Raman, UV-vis, XPS, IPCE%, and electrical conductivity measurements. The nitrogen-doped graphene (NG) showed an excellent supercapacitor performance with a higher specific capacitance (388 F.g(-1) at 1 A.g(-1)), superior stability, and a higher power density of 0.260 kW kg(-1). This was mainly due to the designated N types of doping and most importantly N-O bonds and to lowering charge transfer and equivalent series resistances. The NG also indicated the highest photocatalytic performance for methylene blue (MB 20 ppm, power = 160 W, lambda > 420 nm) and phenol (5 ppm) degradation under visible light illumination with rate constants equal 0.013 min(-1) and 0.04 min-1, respectively. The photodegradation mechanism was proposed via determining the energy band potentials using the Mott-Schottky measurements. This determined that photoactivity enhancement of the NG is accounted for by acquisition of nitrogenoxy-carbide phases that shared in inducing a higher IPCE% (60%) and a lower band gap value (1.68 eV) compared to boron and nitrogen-boron-codoped graphenes. The achieved photodegradation mechanism relied on scavengers performance suggesting that (OH)-O-center dot and electrons were the main reactive species responsible for the MB photodegradation.