Graphene oxide-metal oxide nanocomposites: fabrication, characterization and removal of cationic rhodamine B dye.

ABSTRACT: The fabrication and characterization of graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets and their reaction with Fe₃O₄ and ZrO₂ metal oxides to form two nanocomposites, namely graphene oxide-iron oxide (GO-Fe₃O₄) and graphene oxide-iron oxide-zirconium oxide (GO-Fe₃O₄@ZrO₂), have been examined. The fabricated nanocomposites were examined using different techniques, e.g.transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, zeta potential measurement and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Compared to GO, the newly fabricated GO-Fe₃O₄ and GO-Fe₃O₄@ZrO₂ nanocomposites have the advantage of smaller band gaps, which result in increased adsorption capacity and p

SUBMITTER: El-Shafai NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9079739 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature