Water-Soluble Noncovalently Engineered Graphene-Neutral Red Nanocomposite with Photocurrent Generating Capacity
We report a graphene-based nanocomposite prepared by noncovalently engineering reduced graphene oxide (rGO) with neutral red (NR). The water-soluble reduced graphene nanocomposite (rGO-NR) was well characterized by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy
(AFM), UV-vis spectroscopy, and 1HNMR spectroscopy; the results suggest a strong π–π interaction between the rGO and NR molecules. Fluorescence spectroscopy and electrochemistry studies indicate a direct electron transfer interaction among the graphene-NR hybrid, in
which NR is electron donor and graphene is electron acceptor. The photocurrent generating property of this nanocomposite was confirmed from the photoelectrochemical measurements. The graphene- NR coated electrodes are capable of generating photocurrent under visible excitation. Such photocurrent
generating nanocomposite provides potential application in optoelectronic devices.
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 March 2012
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