Solar Light Harvesting N-Graphene Quantum Dots Decorated TiO2 for Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity

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...

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Published in:E3S web of conferences Vol. 65; p. 05014
Main Authors: Lim Ping Feng, Hak Chen Hong, Leong Kah Hon, Sim Lan Ching, Saravanan Pichiah
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 01-01-2018
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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.
ISSN:2267-1242
DOI:10.1051/e3sconf/20186505014