Self-assembling TiO2 nanorods on large graphene oxide sheets at a two-phase interface and their anti-recombination in photocatalytic applications

• Main Authors: Liu, Jincheng, Bai, Hongwei, Wang, Yinjie, Liu, Zhaoyang, Zhang, Xiwang, Sun, Darren Delai
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering::Water treatment; DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Ecomaterials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/92143; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/6951
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

TiO 2 nanorods are self-assembled on the graphene oxide (GO) sheets at the water/toluene interface. The self-assembled GO–TiO 2 nanorod composites (GO–TiO 2 NRCs) can be dispersed in water. The effective anchoring of TiO 2 nanorods on the whole GO sheets is confirmed by transmission electron microsc...