Chem. SOC. Rev. Reports on the research progress of the research team of Professor Zhang Jinlong and associate professor Xing Mingyang of East China University of science and technology in the field of photocatalysis

Recently, the international well-known review journal chem SOC Rev Reported on-line a comprehensive paper (DOI: 10.1039 / c7cs00904f) entitled "recent advances in three dimensional graphene based materials for catalysis applications" by Professor Zhang Jinlong and associate professor Xing Mingyang, School of chemistry, East China University of science and technology Graphene based materials have good application prospects in the field of catalysis because of their high conductivity, large specific surface area, excellent thermal conductivity and outstanding mechanical properties However, due to the strong attraction between graphene sheets, graphene is easy to agglomerate in the catalytic reaction process, thus losing the original high specific surface area and other characteristics, thus reducing the catalytic performance The graphene based materials with three-dimensional honeycomb structure can effectively inhibit the agglomeration of graphene sheets, thus ensuring the efficient catalytic reaction In recent years, Professor Zhang Jinlong and associate professor Xing Mingyang of East China University of science and technology have made a series of research progress in the preparation of three-dimensional graphene based composite and its application in the field of energy and environment For example, they used polyhydroxy compounds such as glucose as linker to successfully prepare TiO2 highly dispersed loaded three-dimensional graphene aerosol (j.am.chem.soc 2014, 136, 5852; ESI highly cited paper, 0.1% hot paper) The graphene aerosol has a large mesoporous multi-stage pore structure and ultra light density Its special structure is very conducive to the transmission of electrons and the intercalation and storage of lithium ions, which makes it show great application prospects in the field of photocatalysis and lithium-ion batteries Then, they used the "St ö BER like" method to realize the in-situ growth of different iron oxide nanoparticles on the surface of three-dimensional graphene, in-situ loading generated strong electron coupling fe-o-c covalent bond, promoted the migration of photogenerated electrons, and improved the photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants such as phenol, methyl orange, Rhodamine B under neutral conditions in coordination with Fenton reaction Rate (J mater Chem A, 2015, 3, 12820; SCI Rep 2015, 5, 8591 (ESI high cited); appl Catalyst B 2016, 183, 216 (ESI high cited); appl Catalyst B 2018, 222, 146) Recently, the research team published a review article in the flagship Review Journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry (if = 38.618), which comprehensively analyzed and summarized the application of three-dimensional graphene based materials in the field of catalysis, and looked forward to the future development trend of such materials This review firstly summarizes the methods of building three-dimensional graphene based materials, and expounds the strategies of template based synthesis and template free synthesis Then, the author introduces the characterization methods, unique properties and theoretical models of 3D graphene based materials, which deepen the understanding of 3D graphene based materials in catalytic reactions Then, the application of three-dimensional graphene in photocatalysis, electrocatalysis and organic catalysis is described How to improve the catalytic activity of three-dimensional graphene materials by introducing active components, surface functionalization and heteroatom doping are discussed Finally, the advantages and disadvantages of three-dimensional graphene based materials in the field of catalysis are summarized, and the future research direction is prospected The author thinks that there are two main challenges facing three-dimensional graphene based materials at present: the first is the precise control of the pore size of three-dimensional graphene materials As we all know, uniform pore structure can not only improve the catalytic activity, but also produce unique optical properties The second is how to mass produce three-dimensional graphene based materials with few or even single-layer graphene structure without increasing cost Although the method of vapor deposition can synthesize three-dimensional graphene with fewer layers, it is not only expensive, but also difficult to control the pore size in the synthesis process The first author of the paper is Dr Qiu Bocheng, and the corresponding authors are associate professor Xing Mingyang and Professor Zhang Jinlong The review was supported by the national key research and development program "nanotechnology" special youth program and National Natural Science Foundation Corresponding author: Professor Zhang Jinlong, associate professor Xing Mingyang