PMID- 26677128
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160429
LR  - 20160107
IS  - 1474-9092 (Electronic)
IS  - 1474-905X (Linking)
VI  - 15
IP  - 1
DP  - 2016 Jan
TI  - Effective photocatalytic dechlorination of 2,4-dichlorophenol by a novel graphene 
      encapsulated ZnO/Co3O4 core-shell hybrid under visible light.
PG  - 86-98
LID - 10.1039/c5pp00305a [doi]
AB  - In the present work, a graphene encapsulated ZnO/Co3O4 (GE/ZnO/Co3O4) core-shell 
      hybrid is fabricated through a facile self-assembly approach, where the mutual 
      electrostatic interaction force drives the ZnO/Co3O4 heteronanostructures to be 
      fully wrapped with flexible ultrathin graphene shells. The as-prepared 
      GE/ZnO/Co3O4 core-shell hybrid is characterized and exhibits excellent visible 
      light photocatalytic ability toward dechlorination of 2,4-dichlorophenol 
      (2,4-DCP) in the aqueous phase. It is worth noting that 2,4-DCP is almost 
      completely mineralized into CO2 and H2O by the GE/ZnO/Co3O4 after 5 h of a 
      photocatalytic reaction. This type of higher dechlorination and mineralization 
      efficiency of 2,4-DCP is not generally observed, and is found to be higher than 
      some previous studies. The dechlorination of 2,4-DCP has been achieved under 
      different parametric conditions. The unique architecture of the GE/ZnO/Co3O4 
      core-shell hybrid also provides high stability and recyclability towards 
      degradation of 2,4-DCP. The higher photocatalytic activity of the hybrid can be 
      ascribed to the synergistic effect of ZnO, Co3O4 and graphene, and also by an 
      increase in the contact surface between the metal oxide core and the graphene 
      shell, which acts as a continuous path for rapid electron transport to offer a 
      greater number of reactive species.
FAU - Rakibuddin, Md
AU  - Rakibuddin M
AD  - Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, India. 
      raja.iitchem@yahoo.com raja@chem.iitkgp.ernet.in.
FAU - Ananthakrishnan, Rajakumar
AU  - Ananthakrishnan R
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20151217
PL  - England
TA  - Photochem Photobiol Sci
JT  - Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European 
      Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology
JID - 101124451
EDAT- 2015/12/18 06:00
MHDA- 2015/12/18 06:01
CRDT- 2015/12/18 06:00
PHST- 2015/12/18 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/12/18 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/12/18 06:01 [medline]
AID - 10.1039/c5pp00305a [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Photochem Photobiol Sci. 2016 Jan;15(1):86-98. doi: 10.1039/c5pp00305a. Epub 2015 
      Dec 17.