Novel graphene flowers modified carbon fibers for simultaneous determination of ascorbic acid, dopamine and uric acid.

A novel and sensitive carbon fiber electrode (CFE) modified by graphene flowers was prepared and used to simultaneously determine ascorbic acid (AA), dopamine (DA) and uric acid (UA). SEM images showed that beautiful and layer-petal graphene flowers homogeneously bloomed on the surface of CFE. Moreover, sharp and obvious oxidation peaks were found at the obtained electrode when compared with CFE and glassy carbon electrode (GCE) for the oxidation of AA, DA and UA.

Enhanced photoelectrocatalytic performance of titanium dioxide/carbon cloth based photoelectrodes by graphene modification under visible-light irradiation.

Reduced graphene oxide nanosheets modified TiO2 nanospheres on carbon cloth electrodes (RGO/TiO2/CC) have been fabricated and used for photoelectrocatalytic (PEC) degradation of organic pollutants under visible light irradiation. The fabricated RGO/TiO2/CC electrodes were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. Compared with TiO2/CC electrode, the RGO modified TiO2/CC electrode evidently shows improved visible light-driven PEC activity for degradation of an often used model pollutant, methylene blue (MB).