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Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC Advances, 19(4), p. 9647, 2014

DOI: 10.1039/c3ra46956e

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MoS2–reduced graphene oxide composites synthesized via a microwave-assisted method for visible-light photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue

Journal article published in 2014 by Jinliang Li, Xinjuan Liu, Likun Pan, Wei Qin ORCID, Taiqiang Chen, Zhuo Sun
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
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Abstract

MoS2-reduced graphene oxide (RGO) composites were successfully synthesized via microwave-assisted reduction of graphite oxide in a MoS2 precursor aqueous solution using a microwave system. The morphology, structure and photocatalytic performance in the degradation of methylene blue (MB) were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, electrochemical impedance spectra and UV-vis absorption spectroscopy, respectively. The results show that the MoS2-RGO composites exhibit enhanced photocatalytic performance in the degradation of MB with a maximum degradation rate of 99% under visible light irradiation for 60 min. This excellent photocatalytic activity is due to the contribution from the reduced electron-hole pair recombination, the enhanced light absorption and the increased dye adsorptivity with the introduction of RGO in the composite.