Probing the role of thermally reduced graphene oxide in enhancing performance of TiO2 in photocatalytic phenol removal from aqueous environments》.pdfVIP

Chemical Engineering Journal 284 (2016) 380–388 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Chemical Engineering Journal journal homepage: www.else /locate/cej Probing the role of thermally reduced graphene oxide in enhancing performance of TiO2 in photocatalytic phenol removal from aqueous environments Haruna Adamu a, Prashant Dubey b, James A. Anderson a,c,⇑ a Surface Chemistry and Catalysis Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, UK b Centre of Material Sciences, Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Allahabad, Allahabad 211002, India c Materials and Chemical Engineering Group, School of Engineering, University of Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, UK h i g h l i g h t s g r a p h i c a l a b s t r a c t One-pot syntheses of titania graphene oxide (GO) and titania thermally reduced graphene oxide (TGO) composites. Enhanced photocatalytic behaviour of composites with respect to titania. Improved adsorption and reduced hole/electron recombination rates for composites. Reaction under nitrogen shows TGO to acts in electron transport and storage. a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: A simple one-pot syntheses of TiO -graphene oxide (GO)/thermally reduced graphene oxide (TGO) com- 2 Received 18 June 2015 posites were performed with different concentrations of GO/TGO (0.25, 0.5 and 1.0 wt%). The materials Received in revised form 6 August 2015 were characterised by scanning electron mic