One-pot synthesis of reduced graphene oxide–cadmium sulfide nanocomposite and its photocatalytic hydrogen production

• DOI: 10.1039/c1cp22059d
• Publication Date: 2011-11-09T11:46:44Z
• Authors: Peng Zeng; Qinggang Zhang; Tianyou Peng; Xiaohu Zhang
• Keywords: 02 engineering and technology; 0210 nano-technology; 7. Clean energy

Reduced graphene oxide (RGO)-cadmium sulfide (CdS) nanocomposites were successfully prepared by a one-pot solvothermal process without pretreatment of graphene oxide (GO) and a precipitation process, in which GO needs to be pre-reduced by hydrazine. The as-obtained RGO-CdS nanocomposites were used as photocatalysts for hydrogen production under visible light irradiation, and it was found that the product derived from the one-pot solvothermal process showed much better photoactivity than that from the precipitation method.