Enhancement of photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes using ZnO decorated on reduced graphene oxide (rGO)

• Main Authors: Pang, Yean Ling, Tee, Su Fang, Lim, Steven, Abdullah, Ahmad Zuhairi, Ong, Hwai Chyuan, Wu, Chien Hou, Chong, Woon Chan, Mohammadu, Abdul Wahab, Mahmoudi, Ebrahim
• Format: Article
• Published: Desalination Publications 2018
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery; TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/21040/; https://doi.org/10.5004/dwt.2018.21947

Reduced graphene oxide (rGO) with excellent electron capturing ability could be coupled with semiconductor photocatalyst to prevent the recombination problem of photogenerated hole–electron pairs encountered by pure zinc oxide (ZnO) while simultaneously promote the photocatalytic activity. In this s...