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Visible-light Induced Reduction of Graphene Oxide Using Plasmonic Nanoparticle
Published on: September 22, 2015
Cd3(C3N3S3)2 coordination polymer/graphene nanoarchitectures for enhanced photocatalytic H2O2 production under
Jie Xu1, Zhenye Chen2, Hongwen Zhang2
1State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, China; The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (SANKEN), Osaka University, Osaka 567-0047, Japan.
Abstract:
For a long time, there has been global concern over the environment and energy problems. Recently, the problems, which have brought about serious effect on the global living condition, have been in the "spotlight" and given impetus to the universal's efforts to head for the same direction: stem the worst warming and strive for the renewable energy source. Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is undoubtedly a good choice, which holds the promise as a clean, efficient, safe and transferrable energy carrier. Octahedral coordination polymer, Cd3(C3N3S3)2, was found to be a robust photocatalyst for H2O2 generation under visible light irradiation. To further improve the H2O2 generation efficiency, adhering the octahedron to reduced graphene (rGO) was applied as the strategy herein. The study shows that by adhering Cd3(C3N3S3)2 to rGO, the formation of H2O2 is 2.5-fold enhanced and its deformation is concurrently suppressed. This work not only demonstrates the effectiveness of adhering Cd3(C3N3S3)2 polymer to rGO for the improvement of the polymer's photocatalytic performance, but also proposes a general way for the fabrication of graphene/coordination compound hybrids for maximizing their synergy.
