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SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS

Improving the photocatalytic performance of TiO2 via hybridizing with graphene

K S Divya1, Athulya K Madhu1, T U Umadevi1, T Suprabha2, P. Radhakrishnan Nair2 and Suresh Mathew1, 2,

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 Corresponding author: Suresh Mathew Email:sureshmathewmgu@gmail.com

DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/38/6/063002

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Abstract: In this paper an improvement in the photocatalytic performance of TiO2 was carried out via hybridizing with graphene. Graphene-TiO2 (GR-TiO2)nanocomposites with different weight addition ratios of graphene oxide (GO) have been prepared via a facile microwave irradiation of GO and tetrabutyl titanate in isopropyl alcohol. Raman spectroscopy (RS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), UV-visible spectroscopy (UV-vis), Fourier transform infrared spectra (FTIR), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and photoluminescence spectra (PL) are employed to determine the properties of the samples. Microwave irradiation can heat the reactant to a higher temperature in a short time, simultaneously GO is reduced to graphene and TiO2 nanoparticles grown on the surface of GR. GR-TiO2 nanocomposites synthesized via this approach have efficient electron conductivity in GR, resulting in a reduced electron-hole recombination rate. Among the synthesized nanocomposites, GT-8wt% exhibited the best photocatalytic activity toward photocatalytic degradation of MB. Our current work provides a new insight for the fabrication of GR-TiO2 nanocomposites within a short reaction time and also explains the mechanism of photocatalysis employing radical and hole scavengers.

Key words: graphene(GR), tetrabutyl titanate(TBT), GR-TiO2 nanocomposites, methylene blue, photocatalysis



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Fig. 1.  Shematic illustration of incorporating TiO$_{2}$ into graphene oxide forming GR/TiO$_{2}$ nanocomposite.

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Fig. 2.  (a) XRD patterns of graphene oxide and graphite powder. (b) XRD patterns of TiO$_{2}$, GT-8wt%, GT-10wt%, and GT-12wt%.

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Fig. 3.  (Color online) (a) UV-visible spectra of TiO$_{2}$ and GR-TiO$_{2}$ nanocomposites and (b) the plot transformed Kubelka -Munk function versus the energy of light.

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Fig. 4.  (Color online) Raman Spectra of Graphene oxide and GR-TiO$_{2}$ nanocomposites.

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Fig. 5.  (a) TEM image of graphene oxide. (b) SEM image of GR-TiO$_{2}$ nanocomposite. (c) TEM images of GR-TiO$_{2}$ nanocomposites. (d) EDX spectra of GR-TiO$_{2}$ nanocomposites.

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Fig. 6.  (Color online) FTIR spectra of graphene oxide, TiO$_{2}$ and GR-TiO$_{2}$ composites.

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Fig. 7.  (Color online) Photoluminescence spectra of TiO$_{2}$ and GR-TiO$_{2}$ with different weight percentage.

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Fig. 8.  (a) Photocatalytic activities, (b) the degradation efficiency and (c) percentage of dergradation for TiO$_{\mathrm{2}}$ and GR/TiO$_{\mathrm{2}}$ nanocomposites.

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Fig. 9.  Controlled experiments of photocatalytic degradation of MB over GT-10 mg in the presence of ter-butyl alcohol (TBA, radical scavenger) and ethylene diammine tetraacetic acid (EDTA-2Na, hole scavenger) under UV light irradiation.

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Fig. 10.  Schematic illustration showing the reaction mechanism for photocatalytic degradation of MB over GR-TiO$_{\mathrm{2 }}$ nanocomposite.

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      K S Divya, Athulya K Madhu, T U Umadevi, T Suprabha, P. Radhakrishnan Nair, Suresh Mathew. Improving the photocatalytic performance of TiO2 via hybridizing with graphene[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2017, 38(6): 063002. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/38/6/063002 ****K S Divya, A K Madhu, T U Umadevi, T Suprabha, P R Nair, S Mathew. Improving the photocatalytic performance of TiO2 via hybridizing with graphene[J]. J. Semicond., 2017, 38(6): 063002. doi:  10.1088/1674-4926/38/6/063002.
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      K S Divya, Athulya K Madhu, T U Umadevi, T Suprabha, P. Radhakrishnan Nair, Suresh Mathew. Improving the photocatalytic performance of TiO2 via hybridizing with graphene[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2017, 38(6): 063002. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/38/6/063002 ****
      K S Divya, A K Madhu, T U Umadevi, T Suprabha, P R Nair, S Mathew. Improving the photocatalytic performance of TiO2 via hybridizing with graphene[J]. J. Semicond., 2017, 38(6): 063002. doi:  10.1088/1674-4926/38/6/063002.
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      Improving the photocatalytic performance of TiO2 via hybridizing with graphene

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        School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam 686 560, Kerala, India

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        Advanced Molecular Materials Research Centre, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam 686 560, Kerala, India

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      • Received Date: 2016-09-21
      • Revised Date: 2016-11-16
      • Published Date: 2017-06-01

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