Photodegradation of Graphene Oxide Sheets by TiO2 Nanoparticles after a Photocatalytic Reduction
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Abstract
TiO2 nanoparticles were physically attached to chemically synthesized single-layer graphene oxide nanosheets deposited between Au electrodes in order to investigate the electrical, chemical, and structural properties of the TiO2/graphene oxide composition exposed to UV irradiation. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy showed that after effective photocatalytic reduction of the graphene oxide sheets by the TiO2 nanoparticles in ethanol, the carbon content of the reduced graphene oxides gradually decreased by increasing the irradiation time, while no considerable variation was detected in the reduction level of the reduced sheets. Raman spectroscopy indicated that, at first, the photocatalytic reduction resulted in a significant increase in the graphitized sp2 structure over the disorders in the graphene oxides. After that, as the carbon content decreased by UV irradiation, further disorders appeared in the reduced graphene oxide sheets, confirming degradation of the reduced sheets after the photocatalytic reduction. Based on the current−voltage characteristic, the optimum time for the photocatalytic reduction resulted in a sharp decrease in the electrical resistivity of the reduced graphene oxide. However, longer photocatalytic processes caused a high increase in the resistivity, due to dominating the photodegradation process over the nearly completed photocatalytic reduction.
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