Title
Fabrication of ZnO-RGO nanorods by electrospinning assisted hydrothermal method with enhanced photocatalytic activity
Date Issued
2019
Access level
restricted access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
In this study, novel zinc oxide-reduced graphene oxide (ZnO-RGO) nanorods have been fabricated on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) glass substrate by the electrospinning process followed by a hydrothermal technique to grow supported nanorods. The ZnO-RGO precursor seed nanostructured layers were made by calcination of electrospinned nanofibers containing polyvinyl pyrrolidone, zinc acetate and different amounts of RGO at 400 °C for 1 h. Then they were used for hydrothermally growth (ZnO-RGO) Nanorods. The effect of amounts of RGO on the properties of ZnO-RGO NRs was investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy and Photoluminescence (PL). The obtained results evidenced that the coupling of RGO with ZnO improved the photocatalytic activity of ZnO. The ZnO-RGO nanostructure with 1.0 mL of RGO showed the highest photocatalytic activity through degradation of methyl orange (MO) under UV irradiation. © 2019
Start page
407
End page
412
Volume
19
Number
18
Language
English
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85063939601
Source
Materials Today Communications
ISSN of the container
2352-4928
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported by the Projects Nº 133-FINCYT-IB-2015 and Nº 113-INNOVATE PERU-ISASS-2018, P. R. would like to thank the Peruvian Council for Science and Technology (CONCYTEC) for the Scholarship.
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