材料科学
纳米复合材料
光催化
罗丹明B
带隙
石墨烯
无定形固体
石墨烯量子点
化学工程
纳米技术
可见光谱
异质结
量子点
纳米颗粒
光降解
光致发光
光电子学
纳米材料
催化作用
有机化学
化学
工程类
作者
Thammanoon Thaweechai,Weekit Sirisaksoontorn,Yingyot Poo-arporn,Narong Chanlek,Supapan Seraphin,Surachai Thachepan,Rungtiva P. Poo-arporn,Songwut Suramitr
标识
DOI:10.1007/s11051-021-05338-7
摘要
The transparent nanocomposite sol of graphene quantum dot and amorphous TiO2 (GQD/a-TiO2) was successfully synthesized and used as a homogeneous-like photocatalyst in degradation of rhodamine B (RhB). Analysis of GQD/a-TiO2 structure suggested that the existence of surface functional groups decorated on the GQD sheets played a vital role in anchoring a-TiO2 by chemical interaction and avoiding sol transformation during photocatalytic water treatment. The spectroscopic results and computational calculations indicated that the nanostructural interactions between GQD and a-TiO2 through Ti–O-C bonds had a significant impact on determining optical and electronic properties of the nanocomposite sol. It was found that GQD with smaller size provided the greater extent of interactions with a-TiO2 at nanoscopic level, resulting in narrowing of the band gap energy in GQD/a-TiO2 nanocomposite in comparison with a-TiO2. For photocatalytic study, the GQD/a-TiO2 sol catalyst could be applied for the degradation of RhB under indoor and outdoor natural light. The photocatalytic enhancement of the sol catalyst was considered as a result of the band gap narrowing and the synergistic effects of band attachment in the nanocomposite.
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