Synthesis of cobalt-doped ZnO/rGO nanoparticles with visible-light photocatalytic activity through a cobalt-induced electrochemical method

作     者：Yuanquan Miao Xuewen Wang Wuyou Wang Chengxi Zhou Gang Feng Jianxin Cai Rongbin Zhang 

作者机构：The Institute of Applied ChemistryThe College of ChemistryNanchang UniversityNanchang 330031JiangxiChina School of Resources Environmental&Chemical EngineeringNanchang UniversityNanchang 330031JiangxiChina 

出 版 物：《Journal of Energy Chemistry》 (能源化学（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2017年第26卷第3期

页      面：549-555页

核心收录：

学科分类：0808[工学-电气工程] 081705[工学-工业催化] 07[理学] 08[工学] 070205[理学-凝聚态物理] 0820[工学-石油与天然气工程] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 0807[工学-动力工程及工程热物理] 080501[工学-材料物理与化学] 0827[工学-核科学与技术] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 0703[理学-化学] 0702[理学-物理学] 

基　　金：supported by the National Science Fund of China(51662030,21366020) the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province(20151BAB216006,20122BAB203009) the Science and Technology Project of Education Department of Jiangxi Province(GJJ14109) 

主　　题：Co-doped ZnO Electrochemical Photodegradation Photocatalysis 

摘      要：ZnO is a semiconductor photocatalyst widely applied in photodegradation of organic pollutants and in photoelectric conversion. ZnO exhibits low photocatalytic activity due to poor absorption in the visible region. In this work, a novel cobalt-induced electrochemical growth method was developed to synthesize cobalt-doped ZnO/rGO nanoparticles in an aqueous solution at room temperature. Cobalt-doped ZnO/rGO nanoparticles exhibited wider visible-light absorption band ranging from 400 nm to 700 nm due to cobalt doping. The surface structure of ZnO formed by the cobalt-induced electrochemical method without other ions is suitable for photocatalytic reactions. The cobalt-doped ZnO/rGO nanoparticles were found to exhibit in photodegradation and photo-electrochemical measurements and exhibited enhanced photocatalytic activity under visible-light irradiation.