A cuprous oxide-reduced graphene oxide (Cu 2O-rGO) composite photocatalyst for hydrogen generation: Employing rGO as an electron acceptor to enhance the photocatalytic activity and stability of Cu 2O

Phong D. Tran; Sudip K. Batabyal; Stevin S. Pramana; James Barber; Lydia H. Wong; Say Chye Joachim Loo

doi:10.1039/c2nr30881a

A cuprous oxide-reduced graphene oxide (Cu ₂O-rGO) composite photocatalyst for hydrogen generation: Employing rGO as an electron acceptor to enhance the photocatalytic activity and stability of Cu ₂O

Phong D. Tran^*, Sudip K. Batabyal, Stevin S. Pramana, James Barber, Lydia H. Wong, Say Chye Joachim Loo

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Photocorrosion, that causes rapid deactivation of Cu ₂O photocatalysts, was addressed by incorporating this oxide in a composite with reduced graphene oxide which acts as an electron acceptor to extract photogenerated electrons from Cu ₂O. Cu ₂O-rGO composite engineering also allows enhancing significantly photocatalytic activities of Cu ₂O for H ₂ generation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3875-3878
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nanoscale
Volume	4
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c2nr30881a
Publication status	Published - Jul 7 2012
Externally published	Yes

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