A Facile Hydrothermal Strategy for Synthesis of SnO2 Nanorods-Graphene Nanocomposites for High Performance Photocatalysis
In this study, we report a facilely hydrothermal process for synthesizing SnO2 nanorodsgraphene (SnO2 nanorods-GR) composite using graphite oxide and SnCl4 as raw materials. The SnO2 nanorods-GR composite was characterized by X-ray diffraction, electron
microscopy, Xray photoelectron spectroscopy, and thermogravimetric analysis. Compared to commercial TiO2 nanoparticles P25 and neat SnO2 nanorods, the SnO2 nanorods-GR composite exhibits higher photocatalytic activity under UV light irradiation. The mechanism
of its high photocatalytic activity is mainly ascribed to the synergy effect between SnO2 and graphene, in which graphene acts as an adsorbent and electron acceptor due to its large structure of π-π conjugation from sp2 hybrid carbon atoms. The results
demonstrated in this study provide a promising way to enhance the photocatalytic activity by compounding semiconductive nanocrystals with graphene.
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 September 2012
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