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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Chemically bonded graphene/BiOCl nanocomposites as high-performance photocatalysts†

Feidan Gao,a   Dawen Zeng,*ab   Qingwu Huang,b   Shouqin Tianb  and  Changsheng Xieab  

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a State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), No. 1037, Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, China

b Nanomaterials and Smart Sensors Research Laboratory, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1037, Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, China

Abstract

After the successful solvothermal synthesis of graphene (GR) from ethanol and sodium, we obtained chemically bonded graphene/BiOCl (GR/BiOCl) nanocomposite photocatalysts via a facile chemical-bath method. A significant enhancement was observed in the photodegradation of methylbenzene, which was largely ascribed to the chemical coupling effects between Bi and C, as shown by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Raman spectroscopy also indicated an increased size of the sp2 ring clusters and decreased disorder in the graphitic structure, as substitutions of defects like vacancies as well as oxygen containing carbonaceous groups with C–Bi attachment take place. Overall, information about chemical coupling effects between GR and BiOCl might take us a step further in GR-based hybrid materials, providing a very good reference to the fabrication of chemically bonded GR/semiconductor compounds and facilitating their applications in environmental protection, photo-electrochemical conversion and photocatalytic decomposition of water.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CP41045A
Article type
Paper
Submitted
02 Apr 2012
Accepted
11 Jun 2012
First published
13 Jun 2012

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2012,14, 10572-10578

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Chemically bonded graphene/BiOCl nanocomposites as high-performance photocatalysts

F. Gao, D. Zeng, Q. Huang, S. Tian and C. Xie, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2012, 14, 10572 DOI: 10.1039/C2CP41045A

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