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Facile One-Pot Synthesis of Ternary Copper-Tin-Chalcogenide Quantum Dots on Reduced Graphene Oxide for Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity

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Ternary Cu2SnS3 (CTS) and Cu2SnSe3 (CTSe) quantum dots were grown in-situ on reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanosheets by a facile one-pot colloidal synthesis. Possessing abundant active sites and having the ability to harvest solar energy and to facilitate charge separation, the CTS(e)/rGO 0D/2D nanocomposites showed remarkably enhanced photocatalytic activities for degradation of rhodamine B and methyl orange aqueous solutions upon visible light irradiation. The nanocomposites of rGO supported monodispersed quantum dots were proved to be a suitable platform for photocatalytic applications due to the well-maintained 0D/2D nanostructure.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 61774122 and the 111 Project of China (B14040). The SEM and TEM work was conducted at International Center for Dielectric Research, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China. We also thank MSci. Natalie Uhlikova from Emory University for her help with language editing.

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  1. Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education & International Center for Dielectric Research, and Shaanxi Engineering Research Center of Advanced Energy Materials and Devices, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049, People’s Republic of China

    Yan Han, Yawei Yang, Jianqiu Zhao, Xingtian Yin & Wenxiu Que

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Han, Y., Yang, Y., Zhao, J. et al. Facile One-Pot Synthesis of Ternary Copper-Tin-Chalcogenide Quantum Dots on Reduced Graphene Oxide for Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity. Catal Lett 148, 3112–3118 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-018-2525-y

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