Reduced Graphene Oxide/ZnO Composite: Reusable Adsorbent for Pollutant Management
Date
2012
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Wang, Jinfeng
Tsuzuki, Takuya
Tang, Bin
Hou, Xueliang
Sun, Lu
Wang, Xungai
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American Chemical Society
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Reduced graphene oxide (RGO) coated with ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) was synthesized by a self-assembly and in situ photoreduction method, and then their application for removing organic pollutant from water was investigated. The RGO@ZnO composite nanomaterial has unique structural features including well-dispersed NPs on the surface and dense NPs loading. This composite exhibited a greatly improved Rhodamine B (RhB) adsorption capacity and an improved photocatalytic activity for degrading RhB compared to neat ZnO NPs. These properties made RGO@ZnO reusable for pollutant adsorbent. The composite showed an excellent cycling performance for organic pollutant removal up to 99% recovery over several cycles via simulated sunlight irradiation.
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Keywords: Adsorption capacities; Cycling performance; grapheme; In-situ; Nanomaterial; Photo-reduction; Photocatalytic activities; Photoreduction method; Pollutant management; Pollutant removal; Reduced graphene oxides; Rhodamine B; Simulated sunlight; Structural f grapheme; photocatalytic activity; photoreduction; pollutant removal; recovery
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ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
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10.1021/am300445f
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2037-12-31