摘要
Flower like rutile TiO_2 films were decorated with green-photoluminescent graphene quantum dots（GQDs） and photovoltaic properties were investigated for water splitting application. Rutile TiO_2 nanoflowers（NFs） and GQDs（average width of^12 nm） synthesized separately using a hydrothermal method and TiO_2 NFs were decorated with various amounts of GQDs solution（x = 5, 10, 15 and 20 μL） by spin coating. Optical characterization reveals that GQDs are highly luminescent and absorb UV and visible light photons with wavelengths up to 700 nm. GQDs-x/TiO_2 electrode shows a photocurrent enhancement of ~95% compared to pristine TiO_2 NFs for the optimum sample（x = 15 μL） at an applied potential of P = 0 V using 1 M Na_2SO_4 solution as electrolyte.
Flower like rutile TiO_2 films were decorated with green-photoluminescent graphene quantum dots（GQDs） and photovoltaic properties were investigated for water splitting application. Rutile TiO_2 nanoflowers（NFs） and GQDs（average width of^12 nm） synthesized separately using a hydrothermal method and TiO_2 NFs were decorated with various amounts of GQDs solution（x = 5, 10, 15 and 20 μL） by spin coating. Optical characterization reveals that GQDs are highly luminescent and absorb UV and visible light photons with wavelengths up to 700 nm. GQDs-x/TiO_2 electrode shows a photocurrent enhancement of ~95% compared to pristine TiO_2 NFs for the optimum sample（x = 15 μL） at an applied potential of P = 0 V using 1 M Na_2SO_4 solution as electrolyte.
基金
Research Council of the Tarbiat Modares University for financial supports
