Controlled growth of LaFeO3 nanoparticles on reduced graphene oxide for highly efficient photocatalysis. Issue 2 (11th December 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ren, Xiao; Yang, Haitao; Gen, Sai; Zhou, Jun; Yang, Tianzhong; Zhang, Xiangqun; Cheng, Zhaohua; Sun, Shouheng
• Is Part Of: Nanoscale. Volume 8:Issue 2(2016)
• Page Start: 752
• Page End: 756
• Publication Date: 2015-12-11
• Subjects: Nanoscience -- Periodicals; Nanotechnology -- Periodicals; 620.505
• DOI: 10.1039/c5nr06338h
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2040-3364

Abstract

Abstract : Using reduced graphene oxide (rGO) as a template and high temperature sol–gel chemistry, we have prepared LaFeO3 nanoparticles (NPs). Abstract : Using reduced graphene oxide (rGO) as a template and high temperature sol–gel chemistry, we have prepared LaFeO3 nanoparticles (NPs). The 15 nm LaFeO3 NPs have a bandgap of 1.86 eV and the LaFeO3 –rGO can function as an efficient catalyst for degradation of methylene blue (MB) or Rhodamine B (RhB) under visible-light irradiation with the electron transfer from the dye to hole dominating the oxidation process. The reported synthesis offers a general approach to perovskite-type NPs for efficient photocatalytic applications.