Abstract
Graphene oxide (GO) sheets with a low concentration (∼1wt%) were deposited on surface of hydrothermally synthesized ZnO nanorod films. The deposited films were heat treated at 450°C in order to achieve suitable GO/ZnO hybrid thin films for photocatalytic purposes. The photocatalytic activity of the nanocomposite films was investigated based on degradation of methylene blue (MB) dye which is a typical pollutant model. The GO/ZnO hybrid thin films could degrade higher MB (∼90%) than the bare ZnO nanorods (which showed only ∼75% degradation) after 450min UV irradiation. A further significant improvement (resulting in a nearly complete degradation of MB) was achieved by exposing the GO/ZnO films to UV irradiation. The improvement was assigned to UV-assisted photocatalytic reduction of GO sheets and separation of photoexcited electron-hole pairs of ZnO by the UV-treated GO sheets. These results highlight application of UV treatment in improving the photocatalytic activity of GO-containing ZnO nanostructures.
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