Issue 11, 2013
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Electrophoretic fabrication of highly robust, efficient, and benign heterojunction photoelectrocatalysts based on graphene-quantum-dot sensitized TiO2nanotube arrays†

Dengyu Pan,*a   Chen Xi,a   Zhen Li,b   Liang Wang,a   Zhiwen Chen,b   Bo Luc  and  Minghong Wu*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Institute of Nanochemistry and Nanobiology, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, P.R. China
E-mail: dypan617@shu.edu.cn

b Shanghai Applied Radiation Institute, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, P.R. China
E-mail: mhwu@staff.shu.edu.cn

c Microstructures of Shanghai University, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, P.R. China

Abstract

We report the controllable electrophoretic fabrication of highly robust, efficient, and benign photoelectrocatalysts based on graphene-quantum-dot sensitized TiO2 nanotube arrays. Their catalytic activities under visible-light irradiation remain steady for continuous cycles (400 min) with a negligible decrease, whereas CdS and CdSe sensitized TiO2 nanotube arrays show a high cycling instability due to serious photooxidization.

Graphical abstract: Electrophoretic fabrication of highly robust, efficient, and benign heterojunction photoelectrocatalysts based on graphene-quantum-dot sensitized TiO2 nanotube arrays

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3TA00059A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
06 1 2013
Accepted
04 2 2013
First published
11 2 2013

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013,1, 3551-3555

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Electrophoretic fabrication of highly robust, efficient, and benign heterojunction photoelectrocatalysts based on graphene-quantum-dot sensitized TiO2 nanotube arrays

D. Pan, C. Xi, Z. Li, L. Wang, Z. Chen, B. Lu and M. Wu, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013, 1, 3551 DOI: 10.1039/C3TA00059A

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