Enhanced photocatalytic properties of graphene oxide/ZnO nanohybrid by Mg dopants

C. S. Chen; X. D. Xie; S. Y. Cao; T. G. Liu; Yuen Hong Tsang; Y. Xiao; Q. C. Liu; X. F. Yang; L. Gong

doi:10.1088/0031-8949/90/2/025806

Enhanced photocatalytic properties of graphene oxide/ZnO nanohybrid by Mg dopants

C. S. Chen, X. D. Xie, S. Y. Cao, T. G. Liu, Yuen Hong Tsang, Y. Xiao, Q. C. Liu, X. F. Yang, L. Gong

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ï¿½ 2015 The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In this study, the enhancement of photocatalytic activity of a graphene oxide/ZnO (GO/ZnO) nanohybrid was achieved via introducing Mg as a co-dopant element by the co-precipitation method. The Mg-doped ZnO nanoparticles were adsorbed on GO sheets. Compared with the catalyses with GO/ZnO nanohybrids, GO/Zn1-xMgxO nanohybrids exhibited better photocatalytic activity, in which the decomposition rate of methyl orange (MO) reached 100% within 60 min. The enhancement is attributed to Mg-doping and efficient charge transfer of the photogenerated electrons in the conduction band of ZnO to graphene.

Original language	English
Article number	025806
Journal	Physica Scripta
Volume	90
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-8949/90/2/025806
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2015

Keywords

graphene oxide
Mg-doped ZnO
nanohybrids
photocatalytic property

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Mathematical Physics
Condensed Matter Physics

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