Uniform distribution of TiO₂ nanocrystals on reduced graphene oxide sheets by the chelating ligands

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• 作者：Thuy-Duong Nguyen-Phan ; Viet Hung Pham ; Hyukmin Kweon ; Jin Suk Chung ; Eui Jung Kim ; Seung Hyun Hur ; Eun Woo Shin  ; ;   ; ^{ewshin@mail.ulsan.ac.kr}
• 关键词：TiO₂ ; Reduced graphene oxide ; Hybrids ; Chelating agent ; Adsorption ; Photocatalysis
• 刊名：Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：1 February 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：367
• 期：1
• 页码：139-147
• 全文大小：2229 K

文摘

Reduced graphene oxide¨CTiO₂ hybrids were successfully prepared by the hydrothermal approach using triethanolamine and acetylacetone as the chelating agents. Without any additive, large aggregated TiO₂ clusters were randomly distributed dominantly at the edge and less on the basil plane of coagulated reduced graphene oxide (RGO) layers. The presence of chelating ligands remarkably facilitated the selective growth and regular spread of TiO₂ nanocrystals onto individually exfoliated RGO sheet. Such sandwich-like structure with stronger coupling and chemical interaction resulted in the surface area increase, the rearrangement of energy level, the enhanced concentration of oxygen vacancies, leading to much higher adsorbability and photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B under both UV and visible irradiations. These RGO¨CTiO₂ hybrid systems are potentially beneficial for widely practical applications in air/water purification, electronic devices, batteries, solar cells or supercapacitors.