writer：Guohua Jiang*, Bolin Tang, Hua Chen, Yongkun Liu, Lei Li, Qin Huang, Wenxing Chen.
keywords：Zn2GeO4 Nanorods, Carbon Fibers, Photocatalytic Oxidation
source：期刊
specific source：RSC Advances, 2015, 5(33), 25801-25805.
Issue time：2015年

In this paper, the hexagonal Zn₂GeO₄ nanorods grown on the surface of carbon fibers (CFs) that pre-activated by sodium hypochlorite were prepared by a facile solvothermal method. The possible growth mechanism had been investigated by theoretical calculation and simulation experiment by growth of Zn₂GeO₄ on 2D flat surface of graphene. The (113) crystal facet of Zn₂GeO₄ nanorods attached to CFs surface was the most stable structure. Due to the synergistic effect between photocatalytic acivity of Zn₂GeO₄ and excellent adsorption capacity of CFs, the resultant Zn₂GeO₄/CFs composites exhibited excellent photocatalytic activity for oxidation of p-toluidine.