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Acceleration effect of reduced graphene oxide on photoinduced synthesis of silver nanoparticles

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posted on 2013-01-01, 00:00 authored by Bin TangBin Tang, X Hou, Jingliang LiJingliang Li, Mingwen Zhang, Lu Sun, Xungai Wang
The photoinduced growth reaction of silver nanoparticles was accelerated by reduced graphene oxide (RGO) produced from graphene oxide (GO) during the light irradiation process in aqueous solution. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Raman spectroscopy demonstrated that RGO was generated in the photoinduced process. The acceleration effect of RGO was investigated through monitoring the extinction spectra of silver nanoparticles during the synthesis process. Moreover, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was employed to characterize the evolution of morphologies of silver nanoparticles at different irradiation times to demonstrate the effect of RGO. The results indicate that RGO accelerates the photoinduced synthesis of silver nanoparticles. It is proposed that the acceleration effect of RGO on the photoinduced reaction is attributed to the particular property of high electronic conductivity

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Journal

Physical chemistry chemical physics

Volume

15

Pagination

11106 - 11112

Location

Cambridge, England

Open access

  • Yes

ISSN

1463-9076

eISSN

1463-9084

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

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2013, Royal Society of Chemistry