• 文献标题:   Facile Synthesis of Graphene Sponge from Graphene Oxide for Efficient Dye-Sensitized H-2 Evolution
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHANG WY, LI YX, PENG SQ
  • 作者关键词:   graphene sponge, thermal treatment, phase separation, dyesensitized, h2 evolution
  • 出版物名称:   ACS APPLIED MATERIALS INTERFACES
  • ISSN:   1944-8244 EI 1944-8252
  • 通讯作者地址:   Nanchang Univ
  • 被引频次:   42
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsami.6b01805
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

Graphene is an advanced carbon energy material due to its excellent properties. Reduction of graphene oxide (GO) is the most promising mass production route of graphene/reduced graphene oxide (rGO). To maintain grapheme's properties and avoid restacking of rGO sheets in bulk, the preparation of 3-dimensional porous graphene sponge via 2-dimensional rGO sheets is considered as a good strategy. This article presents a facile route to synthesize graphene sponge by thermal treating GO powder at low temperature of 250 degrees C under N-2 atmosphere. The sponge possesses macroporous structure (5-200 nm in size) with BET specific surface area of 404 m(2) g(-1) and high conductivity. The photocatalytic H-2 production activity of the rGO sponge with a sensitizer Eosin Y (EY) and cocatalyst Pt was investigated. The rGO sponge shows highly efficient dye-sensitized photocatalytic H-2 evolution compared to that obtained via a chemical reduction method. The maximum apparent quantum yield (AQY) reaches up to 75.0% at 420 nm. The possible mechanisms are discussed. The synthesis method can be expanded to prepare other graphene-based materials.