Top

Journal of Materials Science

Published in:

30-04-2020 | Chemical routes to materials

Synthesis and photocatalytic performance of a WSe₂QD/N-GO nanocomposite under visible light irradiation

Authors: Jun Wan, Yanan Liu, Han Yin, Xuanye Huang, Maojuan Bai

Published in: Journal of Materials Science | Issue 23/2020

Activate our intelligent search to find suitable subject content or patents.

search-config

AI-assisted search

Off

Abstract

As an excellent semiconductor, tungsten selenide (WSe₂) has been widely used in photocatalysis experiments. Tungsten selenide quantum dots (WSe₂QD) with a particle size of 7–8 nm were prepared by mechanical stripping for the first time. A tungsten selenide quantum dot/nitrogen-doped graphene oxide (WSe₂QD/N-GO) composite photocatalyst was synthesized by a simple hydrothermal synthesis method using tungsten selenide quantum dots and nitrogen-doped graphene oxide with a certain proportion. The prepared composites were characterized by transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and elemental mapping. The catalytic properties of the composites were evaluated by the degradation of methylene blue (MB) under visible light. The results show that the photocatalytic performance of the composites is better than WSe₂ and nitrogen-doped graphene oxide (N-GO). Meanwhile, the optimum composite ratio of the composite is 4.7%. When the compound dosage was only 0.01 g, the photocatalytic degradation rate of 1.0 × 10^–4 mol/L MB reached 92.7%. WSe₂QD/N-GO has the advantages of simple preparation, low dosage and high photodegradation rate, which provides a research basis for the study of photocatalysts in the direction of quantum dots.

previous article The preparation of Pd/CeO2–ZrO2–Al2O3 catalyst with superior structural stability: effect of zirconia incorporation method

next article A covalent organic framework–MnO2 nanosheet system for determination of glutathione

Dont have a licence yet? Then find out more about our products and how to get one now:

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

über 102.000 Bücher
über 537 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

Automobil + Motoren
Bauwesen + Immobilien
Business IT + Informatik
Elektrotechnik + Elektronik
Energie + Nachhaltigkeit
Finance + Banking
Management + Führung
Marketing + Vertrieb
Maschinenbau + Werkstoffe
Versicherung + Risiko

Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

inform now

Springer Professional "Technik"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Technik" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

über 67.000 Bücher
über 390 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

Automobil + Motoren
Bauwesen + Immobilien
Business IT + Informatik
Elektrotechnik + Elektronik
Energie + Nachhaltigkeit
Maschinenbau + Werkstoffe

Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

inform now

Available only for authorised users

Dzinun H, Othman MHD, Ismail AF (2019) Photocatalytic performance of TiO₂/Clinoptilolite: comparison study in suspension and hybrid photocatalytic membrane reactor. Chemosphere 228:241–248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.04.118 CrossRef

Hunge YM, Yadav AA, Mathe VL (2019) Photocatalytic hydrogen production using TiO₂ nanogranules prepared by hydrothermal route. Chem Phys Lett 731:136582. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2019.07.010 CrossRef

Rajender G, Kumar J, Giri PK (2018) Interfacial charge transfer in oxygen deficient TiO₂-graphene quantum dot hybrid and its influence on the enhanced visible light photocatalysis. Appl Catal B 224:960–972. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.11.042 CrossRef

Zhang J, Kuang M, Wang J, Liu R, Xie S, Ji Z (2019) Fabrication of carbon quantum dots/TiO₂/Fe₂O₃ composites and enhancement of photocatalytic activity under visible light. Chem Phys Lett 730:391–398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2019.06.011 CrossRef

Shen G, Pan L, Lü Z, Wang C, Aleem F-E, Zhang X, Zou J-J (2018) Fe-TiO₂ and Fe₂O₃ quantum dots co-loaded on MCM-41 for removing aqueous rose bengal by combined adsorption/photocatalysis. Chin J Catal 39:920–928. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1872-2067(17)62976-0 CrossRef

Khan R, Riaz A, Rabeel M, Javed S, Jan R, Akram MA (2019) TiO₂@NbSe₂ decorated nanocomposites for efficient visible-light photocatalysis. Appl Nanosci 9:1915–1924. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13204-019-01020-6 CrossRef

Wu Y, Zhou S, He T, Jin X, Lun L (2019) Photocatalytic activities of ZnWO₄ and Bi@ZnWO₄ nanorods. Appl Surf Sci 484:409–413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.04.116 CrossRef

Zhang G, Chen D, Li N, Xu Q, Li H, He J, Lu J (2019) Fabrication of Bi₂MoO₆/ZnO hierarchical heterostructures with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity. Appl Catal B 250:313–324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.03.055 CrossRef

Yu B, Zheng B, Wang X, Qi F, He J, Zhang W, Chen Y (2017) Enhanced photocatalytic properties of graphene modified few-layered WSe₂ nanosheets. Appl Surf Sci 400:420–425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.12.015 CrossRef

10.

Biswas MRUD, Ali A, Cho KY, Oh WC (2018) Novel synthesis of WSe₂ -Graphene-TiO₂ ternary nanocomposite via ultrasonic technics for high photocatalytic reduction of CO₂ into CH₃OH. Ultrason Sonochem 42:738–746. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultsonch.2017.12.030 CrossRef

11.

Wan J, An B, Chen Z, Zhang J, Yu WW (2018) Nitrogen doped graphene oxide modified WSe₂ nanorods for visible light photocatalysis. J Alloy Compd 750:499–506. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.04.047 CrossRef

12.

Wang J, Liang H, Zhang C, Jin B, Men Y (2019) Bi2WO6-x nanosheets with tunable Bi quantum dots and oxygen vacancies for photocatalytic selective oxidation of alcohols. Appl Catal B 256:117874. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.117874 CrossRef

13.

Meng X, Li Z, Zeng H, Chen J, Zhang Z (2017) MoS₂ quantum dots-interspersed Bi₂WO₆ heterostructures for visible light-induced detoxification and disinfection. Appl Catal B 210:160–172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.02.083 CrossRef

14.

Rao VN, Reddy NL, Kumari MM, Cheralathan KK, Ravi P, Sathish M, Neppolian B, Reddy KR et al (2019) Sustainable hydrogen production for the greener environment by quantum dots-based efficient photocatalysts: a review. J Environ Manag 248:109246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.07.017 CrossRef

15.

Zheng Y, Chen Y, Gao B, Chen J, Du Z, Lin B (2019) Polymeric carbon nitride hybridized by CuInS₂ quantum dots for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Mater Lett 254:81–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2019.07.030 CrossRef

16.

Kong Z, Chen X, Ong W-J, Zhao X, Li N (2019) Atomic-level insight into the mechanism of 0D/2D black phosphorus quantum dot/graphitic carbon nitride (BPQD/GCN) metal-free heterojunction for photocatalysis. Appl Surf Sci 463:1148–1153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2018.09.026 CrossRef

17.

Bajorowicz B, Kobylanski MP, Golabiewska A, Nadolna J, Zaleska-Medynska A, Malankowska A (2018) Quantum dot-decorated semiconductor micro- and nanoparticles: a review of their synthesis, characterization and application in photocatalysis. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 256:352–372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cis.2018.02.003 CrossRef

18.

Sargin I, Yanalak G, Arslan G, Patir IH (2019) Green synthesized carbon quantum dots as TiO₂ sensitizers for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Int J Hydrogen Energy 44:21781–21789. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.06.168 CrossRef

19.

Ratnayake SP, Mantilaka MMMGPG, Sandaruwan C, Dahanayake D, Murugan E, Kumar S, Amaratunga GJ, De Silva KMN (2019) Carbon quantum dots-decorated nano-zirconia: a highly efficient photocatalyst. Appl Catal A Gen 570:23–30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2018.10.022 CrossRef

20.

Tian P, Tang L, Teng KS, Lau SP (2018) Graphene quantum dots from chemistry to applications. Mater Today Chem 10:221–258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtchem.2018.09.007 CrossRef

21.

Cheng Y, Bai M, Su J, Fang C, Li H, Chen J, Jiao J (2019) Synthesis of fluorescent carbon quantum dots from aqua mesophase pitch and their photocatalytic degradation activity of organic dyes. J Mater Sci Technol 35:1515–1522. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmst.2019.03.039 CrossRef

22.

Pirsaheb M, Asadi A, Sillanpää M, Farhadian N (2018) Application of carbon quantum dots to increase the activity of conventional photocatalysts: a systematic review. J Mol Liq 271:857–871. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2018.09.064 CrossRef

23.

Riaz R, Ali M, Sahito IA, Arbab AA, Maiyalagan T, Anjum AS, Ko MJ, Jeong SH (2019) Self-assembled nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots (N-GQDs) over graphene sheets for superb electro-photocatalytic activity. Appl Surf Sci 480:1035–1046. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.02.228 CrossRef

24.

Chang Q, Li KK, Hu SL, Dong YG, Yang JL (2016) Hydroxyapatite supported N-doped carbon quantum dots for visible-light photocatalysis. Mater Lett 175:44–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2016.03.140 CrossRef

25.

Lu K-Q, Quan Q, Zhang N, Xu Y-J (2016) Multifarious roles of carbon quantum dots in heterogeneous photocatalysis. J Energy Chem 25:927–935. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jechem.2016.09.015 CrossRef

26.

Vorontsov AV, Valdés H (2019) Quantum size effect and visible light activity of anatase nanosheet quantum dots. J Photochem Photobiol A 379:39–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2019.05.001 CrossRef

27.

Zou Y, Xie Y, Yu S, Chen L, Cui W, Dong F, Zhou Y (2019) SnO₂ quantum dots anchored on g-C₃N₄ for enhanced visible-light photocatalytic removal of NO and toxic NO₂ inhibition. Appl Surf Sci. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.143630 CrossRef

28.

Wei W, Wei Z, Liu D, Zhu Y (2018) Enhanced visible-light photocatalysis via back-electron transfer from palladium quantum dots to perylene diimide. Appl Catal B 230:49–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2018.02.032 CrossRef

29.

Lin X, Liu C, Wang J, Yang S, Shi J, Hong Y (2019) Graphitic carbon nitride quantum dots and nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots co-decorated with BiVO₄ microspheres: a ternary heterostructure photocatalyst for water purification. Sep Purif Technol 226:117–127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2019.05.093 CrossRef

30.

Yu Y, Zhu Z, Liu Z, Dong H, Liu Y, Wei M, Huo P, Li C et al (2019) Construction of the biomass carbon quantum dots modified heterojunction Bi₂WO₆/Cu₂O photocatalysis for enhancing light utilization and mechanism insight. J Taiwan Inst Chem Eng 102:197–201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtice.2019.05.029 CrossRef

31.

Yang H, Yin J, Cao R, Sun P, Zhang S, Xu X (2019) Constructing highly dispersed 0D Co₃S₄ quantum dots/2D g-C₃N₄ nanosheets nanocomposites for excellent photocatalytic performance. Sci Bull 60:1510–1517. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2019.08.001 CrossRef

32.

Ren X, Pang L, Zhang Y, Ren X, Liu SF (2015) One-step hydrothermal synthesis of monolayer MoS₂ quantum dots for highly efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution. J Mater Chem A 3:10693–10697. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5TA02198G CrossRef

33.

Dai W, Dong H, Fugetsu B, Cao Y, Lu H, Ma X, Zhang X (2015) Tunable fabrication of molybdenum disulfide quantum dots for intracellular microRNA detection and multiphoton bioimaging. Small 11:4158–4164. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201500208 CrossRef

34.

Shi M, Dong L, Zheng S, Hou P, Cai L, Zhao M, Zhang X, Wang Q et al (2019) "Bottom-up" preparation of MoS₂ quantum dots for tumor imaging and their in vivo behavior study. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 516:1090–1096. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2019.06.162 CrossRef

35.

Ramos-Corona A, Rangel R, Alvarado-Gil JJ, Bartolo-Perez P, Quintana P, Rodriguez-Gattorno G (2019) Photocatalytic performance of nitrogen doped ZnO structures supported on graphene oxide for MB degradation. Chemosphere 236:124368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124368 CrossRef

36.

Chandel N, Sharma K, Sudhaik A, Raizada P, Hosseini-Bandegharaei A, Thakur VK, Singh P (2019) Magnetically separable ZnO/ZnFe₂O₄ and ZnO/CoFe₂O₄ photocatalysts supported onto nitrogen doped graphene for photocatalytic degradation of toxic dyes. Arab J Chem 13:4324–4340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arabjc.2019.08.005 CrossRef

37.

Vahidzadeh E, Fatemi S, Nouralishahi A (2018) Synthesis of a nitrogen-doped titanium dioxide–reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite for photocatalysis under visible light irradiation. Particuology 41:48–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.partic.2017.12.013 CrossRef

38.

Zhang Y, Yang HM, Park S-J (2018) Synthesis and characterization of nitrogen-doped TiO₂ coatings on reduced graphene oxide for enhancing the visible light photocatalytic activity. Curr Appl Phys 18:163–169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cap.2017.12.001 CrossRef

39.

Hummers WS Jr, Offeman RE (1958) Preparation of graphitic oxide. J Am Chem Soc 80:1339. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01539a017 CrossRef

40.

Zhao S, Xie D, Yu X, Su Q, Zhang J, Du G (2015) Facile synthesis of Fe₃O₄@C quantum dots/graphene nanocomposite with enhanced lithium-storage performance. Mater Lett 142:287–290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2014.12.051 CrossRef

41.

Jacob JM, Rajan R, Aji M, Kurup GG, Pugazhendhi A (2019) Bio-inspired ZnS quantum dots as efficient photo catalysts for the degradation of methylene blue in aqueous phase. Ceram Int 45:4857–4862. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2018.11.182 CrossRef

42.

Kacher J, Landon C, Adams BL, Fullwood D (2009) Bragg's Law diffraction simulations for electron backscatter diffraction analysis. Ultramicroscopy 109:1148–1156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2009.04.007 CrossRef

43.

Ginzburg NS, Sergeev AS, Kocharovskaya ER, Malkin AM, Egorova ED, Zaslavsky VY (2020) Diffraction mode selection in planar Bragg resonators of optical and microwave wavelength ranges. Phys Lett A. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2019.126219 CrossRef

44.

Sandoval S, Muthuswamy E, Chen J, Fuertes A, Tobias G, Navrotsky A (2020) Thermochemistry of nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxides. J Eur Ceram Soc. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2020.01.043 CrossRef

45.

Li N, Chen J, Shi YP (2019) Magnetic nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide as a novel magnetic solid-phase extraction adsorbent for the separation of bisphenol endocrine disruptors in carbonated beverages. Talanta 201:194–203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2019.04.002 CrossRef

46.

Rahmani Z, Rashidi AM, Kazemi A, Samadi MT, Rahmani AR (2018) N-doped reduced graphene oxide aerogel for the selective adsorption of oil pollutants from water: isotherm and kinetic study. J Ind Eng Chem 61:416–426. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2017.12.041 CrossRef

47.

Liu J-Q, Zhao W, Wen G-L, Xu J, Chen X, Zhang Q, Wang Y, Zhang Y et al (2019) Hydrothermal synthesis of well-standing δ-MnO₂ nanoplatelets on nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide for high-performance supercapacitor. J Alloy Compd 787:309–317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.02.090 CrossRef

48.

Kumara K, Shetty T, Maidur SR, Patil PS, Dharmaprakash S (2019) Continuous wave laser induced nonlinear optical response of nitrogen doped graphene oxide. Optik 178:384–393. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijleo.2018.09.181 CrossRef

49.

Wang R, Liu B, Liu M, Yang J, Tian L (2019) RCQDs @ Ag/VOx nanorods for enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity. J Nanopart Res 21:51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-019-4477-6 CrossRef

50.

Bharathidasan P, Idris MB, Kim DW, Sivakkumar SR, Devaraj S (2018) Enhanced capacitance properties of nitrogen doped reduced graphene oxide obtained by simultaneous reduction and nitrogen doping. FlatChem 11:24–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flatc.2018.10.001 CrossRef

51.

An B, Liu Y, Xu C, Wang H, Wan J (2018) Novel magnetically separable Fe₃O₄–WSe₂/NG photocatalysts: synthesis and photocatalytic performance under visible-light irradiation. New J Chem 42:8914–8923. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8nj00406d CrossRef

52.

Chen LC, Yeh TF, Lee YL, Teng H (2016) Incorporating nitrogen-doped graphene oxide dots with graphene oxide sheets for stable and effective hydrogen production through photocatalytic water decomposition. Appl Catal A 521:118–124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2015.11.037 CrossRef

53.

Zhang Z, Wu L, Wang P, Zhang Y, Wan S, Guo X, Jin W, Zhang J (2018) Carbon quantum dots modified La₂Ti₂O₇ nanosheets for visible light photocatalysis. Mater Lett 230:72–75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2018.07.086 CrossRef

54.

Appavu B, Thiripuranthagan S, Sureshkumar T (2020) Novel band gap engineered Bi₅Nb₃O₁₅/N-rGOcomposite catalyst for photo degradation of reactive dyes. Mater Sci Eng B 252:114472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2019.114472 CrossRef

55.

Abedini H, Shariati A, Khosravi-Nikou MR (2019) Adsorption of propane and propylene on M-MOF-74 (M=Cu, Co): Equilibrium and Kinetic study. Chem Eng Res Des 153:96–106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2019.10.014 CrossRef

56.

Leo P, Orcajo G, Briones D, Martínez F, Calleja G (2019) Direct α-arylation of ketones efficiently catalyzed by Cu-MOF-74. Catal Today 345:251–257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2019.09.033 CrossRef

57.

Zheng Z, Zhang T, Yao J, Zhang Y, Xu J, Yang G (2016) Flexible, transparent and ultra-broadband photodetector based on large-area WSe₂ film for wearable devices. Nanotechnology 27:225501. https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/27/22/225501 CrossRef

58.

Wang X, Chen Y, Zheng B, Qi F, He J, Yu B, Zhang W (2017) Significant enhancement of photocatalytic activity of multi-walled carbon nanotubes modified WSe₂ composite. Mater Lett 197:67–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2017.03.150 CrossRef

59.

Lu B, Zeng S, Li C, Wang Y, Pan X, Zhang L, Mao H, Lu Y et al (2018) Nanoscale p-n heterojunctions of BiOI/nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide as a high performance photocatalyst. Carbon 132:191–198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2018.02.038 CrossRef

60.

Ahmadi M, Seyed Dorraji MS, Rasoulifard MH, Amani-Ghadim AR (2019) The effective role of reduced-graphene oxide in visible light photocatalytic activity of wide band gap SrTiO₃ semiconductor. Sep Purif Technol 228:115771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2019.115771 CrossRef

Title: Synthesis and photocatalytic performance of a WSe2QD/N-GO nanocomposite under visible light irradiation
Authors: Jun Wan
Yanan Liu
Han Yin
Xuanye Huang
Maojuan Bai
Publication date: 30-04-2020
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Materials Science / Issue 23/2020
Print ISSN: 0022-2461
Electronic ISSN: 1573-4803
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-020-04712-5

Springer Professional

Abstract

Please log in to get access to your license.

Dont have a licence yet? Then find out more about our products and how to get one now:

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik"

Springer Professional "Technik"

Other articles of this Issue 23/2020

Monoclinic cerium(III) picrate tetraethylene glycol complex: design, synthesis and biological evaluation as anti-amoebic activity against Acanthamoeba sp.

Effect of coated and encapsulated polyacrylate/nano-SiO2 composite emulsions on the finishing performances of leather via miniemulsion polymerization

Energy band gap tuning in Te-doped WS2/WSe2 heterostructures

The effect of double mosaic structure on physicochemical properties of polycaprolactone/recycled-oil-based polyurethane composites

Progress in characterization methods for thermoplastic deforming constitutive models of Al–Li alloys: a review

A step forward from high-entropy ceramics to compositionally complex ceramics: a new perspective

Premium Partners