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Flower-shaped ZnO/reduced graphene oxide (RGO) microsphere composites were successfully fabricated via a facile hydrothermal treatment of the aqueous solution containing graphene oxide and ZnO microspheres, and their photocatalytic performance in degradation of methyl orange (MO) was investigated. The results indicated that ZnO/RGO microsphere composites with 3 wt.% GO achieves a maximum MO degradation efficiency of 88% under ultraviolet light irradiation for 140 min, compared with pure ZnO microspheres (78%). The improved photocatalytic performance can be attributed to the suppression of charge carriers recombination resulting from the interaction between ZnO and RGO.
Keywords: Mircosphere composites, photocatalytic degradation, reduced graphene oxide, ZnO.
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Current Nanoscience
Title:A Facile Synthesis of Flower-shaped ZnO/Reduced Graphene Oxide Microsphere Composites for Photocatalytic Degradation of Methyl Orange
Volume: 12 Issue: 3
Author(s): Guang Zhu, Liangwei Chen, Qiang Wei, Peijun Guo, Xuelian Li, Wenqi Wang, Peng Luo, Hongyan Wang and Li Zhang
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Keywords: Mircosphere composites, photocatalytic degradation, reduced graphene oxide, ZnO.
Abstract: Flower-shaped ZnO/reduced graphene oxide (RGO) microsphere composites were successfully fabricated via a facile hydrothermal treatment of the aqueous solution containing graphene oxide and ZnO microspheres, and their photocatalytic performance in degradation of methyl orange (MO) was investigated. The results indicated that ZnO/RGO microsphere composites with 3 wt.% GO achieves a maximum MO degradation efficiency of 88% under ultraviolet light irradiation for 140 min, compared with pure ZnO microspheres (78%). The improved photocatalytic performance can be attributed to the suppression of charge carriers recombination resulting from the interaction between ZnO and RGO.
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Zhu Guang, Chen Liangwei, Wei Qiang, Guo Peijun, Li Xuelian, Wang Wenqi, Luo Peng, Wang Hongyan and Zhang Li, A Facile Synthesis of Flower-shaped ZnO/Reduced Graphene Oxide Microsphere Composites for Photocatalytic Degradation of Methyl Orange, Current Nanoscience 2016; 12 (3) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1573413712999151120102010
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1573413712999151120102010 |
Print ISSN 1573-4137 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-6786 |
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