Effect of graphene oxide loading in GO/SiO₂/Ag/AgCl photocatalyst
by Henrika Granbohm; Vivek K. Singh; Yanling Ge; Simo-Pekka Hannula
International Journal of Nanotechnology (IJNT), Vol. 14, No. 1/2/3/4/5/6, 2017

Abstract: In the presented work, Ag/AgCl decorated silica nanoparticles were introduced over graphene oxide (GO) sheets to prepare GO/SiO₂/Ag/AgCl nanocomposite powders for absorption and photocatalytic application. Nanocomposite powders were synthesised by sol-gel method and then characterised by various analytical techniques including X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The amount of GO in nanocomposites was varied from 1 wt.% to 50 wt.% to investigate the role of graphene oxide on the absorption and photocatalytic properties of the nanocomposites. The photocatalytic activity of the GO/SiO₂/Ag/AgCl nanocomposites was examined under UV light taking methylene blue (MB) as a model dye.

Online publication date: Fri, 24-Feb-2017

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