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Title: Combustion synthesis of CdS/reduced graphene oxide composites and their photocatalytic properties

Abstract

Highlights: • CdS/reduced graphene oxide composites were prepared by a combustion method. • The phase changed from hexagonal to cubic phase by increasing the added amount of GO. • The composites showed excellent visible-light photocatalytic properties. • The plausible mechanism of photodegradation was discussed. - Abstract: CdS/reduced graphene oxide composites were synthesized by a simple one-pot combustion method using cadmium nitrate, thiourea and graphite as raw materials. The structure, morphologies, and photocatalytic properties of the as-prepared samples were studied by means of X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, photoluminescence and ultraviolet–visible spectrophotometry. The results show that the structure of CdS in as-prepared samples changes from hexagonal to cubic phase by increasing the added amount of graphene oxide. During combustion reaction, graphene oxide was reduced to reduced graphene oxide. As-obtained CdS/reduced graphene oxide composites show high visible-light photoactivities, attributed to the minimized recombination of photoinduced electrons and holes and the high surface area of reduced graphene oxide sheets.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [2]
  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, Shandong 252000 (China)
  2. Department of Physics and Center for Marine-Integrated Biomedical Technology, Pukyong National University, Busan 608-737 (Korea, Republic of)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22420540
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Materials Research Bulletin
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 57; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0025-5408
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; CADMIUM NITRATES; CADMIUM SULFIDES; CARBON OXIDES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTRONS; EMISSION SPECTRA; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE; HOLES; INFRARED SPECTRA; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RECOMBINATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION

Citation Formats

Liu, Jianxiu, Pu, Xipeng, Zhang, Dafeng, Seo, Hyo Jin, E-mail: hjseo@pknu.ac.kr, Du, Kaiping, and Cai, Peiqing. Combustion synthesis of CdS/reduced graphene oxide composites and their photocatalytic properties. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1016/J.MATERRESBULL.2014.05.027.
Liu, Jianxiu, Pu, Xipeng, Zhang, Dafeng, Seo, Hyo Jin, E-mail: hjseo@pknu.ac.kr, Du, Kaiping, & Cai, Peiqing. Combustion synthesis of CdS/reduced graphene oxide composites and their photocatalytic properties. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.MATERRESBULL.2014.05.027
Liu, Jianxiu, Pu, Xipeng, Zhang, Dafeng, Seo, Hyo Jin, E-mail: hjseo@pknu.ac.kr, Du, Kaiping, and Cai, Peiqing. 2014. "Combustion synthesis of CdS/reduced graphene oxide composites and their photocatalytic properties". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.MATERRESBULL.2014.05.027.
@article{osti_22420540,
title = {Combustion synthesis of CdS/reduced graphene oxide composites and their photocatalytic properties},
author = {Liu, Jianxiu and Pu, Xipeng and Zhang, Dafeng and Seo, Hyo Jin, E-mail: hjseo@pknu.ac.kr and Du, Kaiping and Cai, Peiqing},
abstractNote = {Highlights: • CdS/reduced graphene oxide composites were prepared by a combustion method. • The phase changed from hexagonal to cubic phase by increasing the added amount of GO. • The composites showed excellent visible-light photocatalytic properties. • The plausible mechanism of photodegradation was discussed. - Abstract: CdS/reduced graphene oxide composites were synthesized by a simple one-pot combustion method using cadmium nitrate, thiourea and graphite as raw materials. The structure, morphologies, and photocatalytic properties of the as-prepared samples were studied by means of X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, photoluminescence and ultraviolet–visible spectrophotometry. The results show that the structure of CdS in as-prepared samples changes from hexagonal to cubic phase by increasing the added amount of graphene oxide. During combustion reaction, graphene oxide was reduced to reduced graphene oxide. As-obtained CdS/reduced graphene oxide composites show high visible-light photoactivities, attributed to the minimized recombination of photoinduced electrons and holes and the high surface area of reduced graphene oxide sheets.},
doi = {10.1016/J.MATERRESBULL.2014.05.027},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22420540}, journal = {Materials Research Bulletin},
issn = {0025-5408},
number = ,
volume = 57,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Mon Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}