• 文献标题:   Improved photodegradation performance of zinc oxide/carbon nanotubes/reduced graphene oxide composites
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HUANG YZ, HU XL, QIAN YJ, HUANG SF, LI DX
  • 作者关键词:   zinc oxide, carbon nanotube, reduced graphene oxide, photocatalyst, composite material
  • 出版物名称:   FULLERENES NANOTUBES CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES
  • ISSN:   1536-383X EI 1536-4046
  • 通讯作者地址:   668 Jimei Ave
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1080/1536383X.2019.1623790
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

In this study, zinc oxide/carbon nanotubes/reduced graphene oxide (ZnO/CNTs/rGO) composites were synthesized using a simple and facile magnetic stirring method at room temperature. The photocatalytic activity of the composites under UV-vis light irradiation was studied using Rhodamine B (RhB) as the model compound. RhB solution was almost completely degraded in 30min for ternary composite, and a ca. 200% improvement in the degradation efficiency by ZnO/CNTs/rGO was found when the rate constant k of the pseudo-first-order reaction was compared with that using ZnO only. This finding demonstrated the positive effects of CNTs and rGO on reducing electron-hole pair recombination and extending the light adsorption range. We furthermore determined the optimum stoichiometric amount of each component. Overall, this work provided a method of enhancing photocatalytic performance by combining the ZnO and CNTs/rGO.