• 文献标题:   Graphene nanoplatelets with low defect density as a synergetic adsorbent and electron sink for ZnO in the photocatalytic degradation of Methylene Blue under UV-vis irradiation
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MAHMUD RA, SHAFAWI AN, ALI KA, PUTRI LK, ROSLI NIM, MOHAMED AR
  • 作者关键词:   composite, interface, solvothermal
  • 出版物名称:   MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN
  • ISSN:   0025-5408 EI 1873-4227
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Sains Malaysia
  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.materresbull.2020.110876
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Functionalized Graphene Nanoplatelets with ZnO (F-GNP/ZnO) composites has been successfully synthesized and decorated on GNP via one-step solvothermal method. The results showed that the best composite (45 % FGNP/ZnO) possessed high adsorption and photocatalytic activity of up to 70 % and 87 %, respectively. Photoluminescence (PL) and UV-vis Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy (UV-vis DRS) has successfully provided the evidence on the reduction of electron-hole pairs recombination and wider light absorption compared to bare ZnO, respectively. In addition, process parameters studies concluded that the best photocatalytic activity of 45 % F-GNP/ZnO composite was achieved by using 1 g/L photocatalyst loading, MB concentration of 10 mg/L and solution pH of 5. Pseudo-second order for adsorption and pseudo-first order for photocatalytic activity were revealed from kinetic studies with rate constant of 0.2250 g/mg.min and 0.034 min(-1), respectively. Based on the scavenger test, hydroxyl radical was found to be the most active species responsible for the MB degradation.