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Tipo: Artigo de Periódico
Título: Effect of the carbon loading on the structural and photocatalytic properties of reduced graphene oxide-TiO2 nanocomposites prepared by hydrothermal synthesis
Autor(es): Bruno de Souza Gonçalves
Manuel Noel Paul Georges Houmard
Eduardo Henrique Martins Nunes
Hugo Guimarães Palhares
Tarcizo da Cruz Costa de Souza
Vinícius Gomide de Castro
Glaura Goulart Silva
Bruno Cordeiro Silva
Klaus Wilhelm Heinrich Krambrock
Renata Braga Soares
Vanessa de Freitas Cunha Lins
Resumen: This work deals with the preparation of reduced graphene oxide (RGO)-TiO2 composites by a one-step hydrothermal treatment. The effect of the RGO loading on both the structural properties and photocatalytic behavior of RGO-TiO2 is deeply addressed herein. The hydrothermal treatment promoted the reduction of graphene oxide, crystallization of TiO2 into anatase, and anchoring of TiO2 nanoparticles on RGO sheets. It was observed that the prepared anatase particles showed sizes below 10 nm, whereas the RGO sheets displayed thicknesses smaller than 1 nm. The use of RGO at concentrations up to 15 wt% greatly increased the specific surface area of RGO-TiO2. It was demonstrated that the combination of RGO and TiO2 gives rise to materials with improved photocatalytic properties and tailored structural properties. The composite with the highest photoactivity was the one containing an RGO loading of 1 wt%; this composite displayed a photocatalytic rate constant about 9.5 times higher than that evaluated for pure TiO2. This behavior may be related to the stacking of RGO nanosheets when its concentration is above 1 wt%. Moreover, the addition of RGO in excess may prevent the activation of the TiO2 surface by UV light and also decrease the lifetime of the photogenerated electron-hole pairs. Therefore, it appears that 1 wt% is the optimal loading of RGO to obtain a close interfacial contact between RGO and TiO2, leading to both an effective activation of TiO2 by UV radiation and an enhanced charge transfer between RGO and TiO2.
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Idioma: eng
País: Brasil
Editor: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Sigla da Institución: UFMG
Departamento: ENG - DEPARTAMENTO DE ENGENHARIA METALÚRGICA
ENG - DEPARTAMENTO DE ENGENHARIA QUÍMICA
ICX - DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA
ICX - DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA
Tipo de acceso: Acesso Aberto
Identificador DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2019.10.020
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/46908
Fecha del documento: 2019
metadata.dc.url.externa: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2238785419302613#!
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Journal of Materials Research and Technology - JMR & T
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