Dramatically enhanced photoresponse of reduced graphene oxide with linker-free anchored CdSe nanoparticles

A linker-free connected reduced graphene oxide/CdSe nanoparticle (R-GO/CdSe NP) nanocomposite was produced by directly anchoring CdSe NPs onto R-GO. The morphological and structural characterizations evidence that the single-crystal CdSe NPs with the size of a few tens of nanometers can be efficiently decorated on the R-GO. The photoresponse of this nanocomposite is drastically enhanced compared with that of the pure CdSe NPs, the bare R-GO, and the physically mixed R-GO/CdSe NPs, while the photoluminescence of the CdSe NPs in the composite is much quenched, indicating that the photoinduced carriers generated from the CdSe NPs can be transferred to the R-GO effectively and separately. This ability makes the R-GO/CdSe NP nanocomposite a great promise for wide potential applications in optoelectronics.