Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30326569›Full record

ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Synthesis and Photocatalytic Performance of ZnO/Bone Char Composite.

Puqi Jia, Hongwei Tan, Kuiren Liu, Wei Gao

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Hierarchical Ultrathin Layered GO-ZnO@CeOMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Puqi JiaCollege of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China. jpq@lzu.edu.cn.
Hongwei TanDepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. htan393@aucklanduni.ac.nz.
Kuiren LiuDepartment of Nonferrous Metallurgy, School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China. liukr@smm.neu.edu.cn.
Wei GaoDepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. w.gao@auckland.ac.nz.

Funding

China Scholarship Council 2016
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

ZnO/bone char (ZnO/BC) composites were successfully synthesized by the precipitation of a ZnO precursor on pyrolytic bone char. The effects of bone char size, mass ratio of ZnO to BC, and molar ratio of ZnO to triethylamine (TEA) on the microstructure, specific surface area, and light absorbance of ZnO/BC were studied. The photocatalytic property of ZnO/BC was evaluated by the degradation of methylene blue. Results show that with a uniform nano-ZnO particle layer distributed evenly on the bone char surface, ZnO/BC has the strongest light absorbance and can effectively degrade methylene blue. The photocatalytic performance of ZnO/BC is related to the light absorbance of the photocatalyst, as well as the amount and distribution state of the loaded ZnO. This study indicates that bovine bone waste can be used as a nano-photocatalyst carrier to prepare photocatalytic composites, which is not only a good way to clean wastewater but also an ideal solution to utilize animal bone waste.

Indexed as

bone charphotocatalysisuniform layerUV–visible absorbanceZnO

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PMID30326569
PMCPMC6213724

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