A simple, low cost and controllable strategy to synthesize visible light active RGO-TiO2 with enhanced PEC ethanol oxidation performance

The works presented here demonstrated a simple, low cost and controllable strategy to prepare TiO2-deposited RGO sheets using 3D porous polyurethane sponge as a template leading to homogeneous deposition of small TiO2 nanoparticles on RGO sheets. The resulting composite showed extended light absorption into visible region and enhanced PEC ethanol oxidation performance (twice and five times more in terms of photocurrent of the polyurethane sponge-free RGO-TiO2 and bare TiO2 respectively).

Read more in J. Material Chemistry A 2015, 3(30), 15675-15682

Jing Lin the researcher behind this work is a practicum exchange PhD student from Beijing Institute of Technology working under Dr Yun Hau Ng. Read more about our practicum exchange scholar/program. 

Sponge-template TiO2-reduced graphene oxide (RGO) is prepared with improved dispersion of TiO2 on RGO sheets for efficient photoeletro-oxidation of ethanol

Sponge-template TiO2-reduced graphene oxide (RGO) is prepared with improved dispersion of TiO2 on RGO sheets for efficient photoeletro-oxidation of ethanol