• 文献标题:   The Synergistic Effect of Pyridinic Nitrogen and Graphitic Nitrogen of Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Quantum Dots for Enhanced TiO2 Nanocomposites' Photocatalytic Performance
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LI F, LI M, LUO Y, LI M, LI XY, ZHANG JY, WANG L
  • 作者关键词:   ndoped graphene quantum dot, tio2, photocatalytic performance, pyridinic n, graphitic n
  • 出版物名称:   CATALYSTS
  • ISSN:   2073-4344
  • 通讯作者地址:   Guilin Univ Technol
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.3390/catal8100438
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

In this study, nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots (N-GQDs) and a TiO2 nanocomposite were synthesized using a simple hydrothermal route. Ammonia water was used as a nitrogen source to prepare the N-GQDs. When optically characterized by UV-vis, N-GQDs reveal stronger absorption peaks in the range of ultraviolet (UV) light than graphene quantum dots (GQDs). In comparison with GQDs/TiO2 and pure TiO2, the N-GQDs/TiO2 have significantly improved photocatalytic performance. In particular, it was found that, when the added amount of ammonia water was 50 mL, the content of pyridinic N and graphitic N were as high as 22.47% and 31.44%, respectively. Most important, the photocatalytic activity of N-GQDs/TiO2-50 was about 95% after 12 min. The results illustrated that pyridinic N and graphitic N play a significant role in photocatalytic performance.