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Reduced graphene oxide/ZnO composite : reusable adsorbent for pollutant management

Wang, Jinfeng, Tsuzuki, Takuya, Tang, Bin, Hou, Xueliang, Sun, Lu and Wang, Xungai 2012, Reduced graphene oxide/ZnO composite : reusable adsorbent for pollutant management, ACS applied materials and interfaces, vol. 4, no. 6, pp. 3084-3090.

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Title Reduced graphene oxide/ZnO composite : reusable adsorbent for pollutant management
Author(s) Wang, Jinfeng
Tsuzuki, Takuya
Tang, Bin
Hou, Xueliang
Sun, Lu
Wang, Xungai
Journal name ACS applied materials and interfaces
Volume number 4
Issue number 6
Start page 3084
End page 3090
Total pages 7
Publisher American chemical society
Place of publication Washington, D.C.
Publication date 2012-06-07
ISSN 1944-8244
1944-8252
Keyword(s) graphene
photoreduction
pollutant removal
recovery
photocatalytic activity
Summary 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.
Language eng
Field of Research 100701 Environmental Nanotechnology
Socio Economic Objective 970103 Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences
HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Copyright notice ©2012, American Chemical Society
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30046981

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