Solar Light Harvesting N-Graphene Quantum Dots Decorated TiO2 for Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity
N co-doped graphene quantum dots (N-GQDs) incorporated with nanocubic likes titanium dioxide (TiO2) are synthesized via facile hydrothermal method. The morphology features of the synthesized N-GQDs/TiO2 nanocomposites are seen to exhibited in cubic shape. The average lateral size of the synthesized...
Main Authors: | , , , , |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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EDP Sciences
2018-01-01
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Series: | E3S Web of Conferences |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20186505014 |
Summary: | N co-doped graphene quantum dots (N-GQDs) incorporated with nanocubic likes titanium dioxide (TiO2) are synthesized via facile hydrothermal method. The morphology features of the synthesized N-GQDs/TiO2 nanocomposites are seen to exhibited in cubic shape. The average lateral size of the synthesized nanocomposites is found to be ~5.1 nm. UV-Vis absorption spectra show vastly improvement in the visible light range when N-GQDs is introduced to TiO2. The photocatalytic activity clearly demonstrated its solar light harvesting capability of prepared nanocomposites by photodegrading 4-chlorophenol (4-CP) under sunlight irradiation. |
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ISSN: | 2267-1242 |