• 文献标题:   Nanocables composed of anatase nanofibers wrapped in UV-light reduced graphene oxide and their enhancement of photoinduced electron transfer in photoanodes
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   DAI YQ, JING Y, ZENG J, QI Q, WANG CL, GOLDFELD D, XU CH, ZHENG YP, SUN YM
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
  • ISSN:   0959-9428 EI 1364-5501
  • 通讯作者地址:   Southeast Univ
  • 被引频次:   37
  • DOI:   10.1039/c1jm13641k
  • 出版年:   2011

▎ 摘  要

This paper reports a facile method for fabricating a new nanocable structure consisting of reduced graphene oxide (RGO) wrapped anatase TiO2 nanofibers by UV-light photocatalytic reduction. The nanocable was prepared by injecting 0.8 g L-1 aqueous graphene oxide colloid into 0.8 g L-1 electrospun TiO2 nanofibers in ethanol, followed by a mild UV light irradiation for 20 h. The conformal wrapping of RGO is a result of noncovalent interactions (van der Waals and electrostatics). The RGO walls of the nanocables exhibited a uniform thickness of similar to 5 nm. Half of the oxygen groups were removed and the partially reduced RGO was favored to be well dispersed in water. The invariability of the I-D/I-G ratio of the D to G bands in Raman spectra proposed the presence of a "defect-repair'' process in the reduction. We further demonstrated the enhancement of photoinduced electron transfer and depression of electron combination by integrating the RGO/TiO2 nanocables into TiO2 photoanodes, proving our nanocables are good candidates for photovoltaic devices.