ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2022
Synthesis, characterization of novel ZnO/CuO nanoparticles, and the applications in photocatalytic performance for rhodamine B dye degradation.
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Abstract
Photocatalytic deg radation of environmental pollutants is being up to date for the treatment of contaminated water. In the present study, ZnO/CuO nanomaterials were successfully fabricated by a simple sol-gel method and investigate the photo-degradation of rhodamine B (RhB). The synthesized ZnO/CuO nanoparticles were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV-Vis-DRS), thermal analysis (TGA), surface charge, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The photo-degradation of the dye RhB was followed spectroscopically. The overall composition of ZnO/CuO material was found to be wurtzite phase, with particle size of 30 nm, and the Vis light absorption increased with an increase of Cu content. The ZnO/CuO nanomaterials were highly active leading to a photo-degradation of 10 ppm RhB reaching 98% within 180 min at 0.1 g/L catalyst dosage. The change in surface charge after degradation evaluated by ζ potential measurements and the differences in functional vibration group monitored by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) indicates that the RhB adsorption on the Zn
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