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ArticleScientific reports2023

Effectual visible light photocatalytic reduction of para-nitro phenol using reduced graphene oxide and ZnO composite.

Sasireka Velusamy, Anurag Roy, Ezrah Mariam, Satheesh Krishnamurthy, Senthilarasu Sundaram, Tapas K Mallick

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Sasireka Velusamy *Solar Energy Research Group, Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI), Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy, Penryn Campus, University of Exeter, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, UK.
Anurag Roy *Solar Energy Research Group, Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI), Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy, Penryn Campus, University of Exeter, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, UK. A.Roy30@exeter.ac.uk.
Ezrah MariamSchool of Engineering and Innovation, The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK.
Satheesh KrishnamurthySchool of Engineering and Innovation, The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK.
Senthilarasu SundaramCybersecurity and Systems Engineering, School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, EH10 5DT, UK. s.sundaram@napier.ac.uk.
Tapas K MallickSolar Energy Research Group, Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI), Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy, Penryn Campus, University of Exeter, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, UK.

Funding

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EPSRC DTP studentship EP/R 513210/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Removing wastewater pollutants using semiconducting-based heterogeneous photocatalysis is an advantageous technique because it provides strong redox power charge carriers under sunlight irradiation. In this study, we synthesized a composite of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and zinc oxide nanorods (ZnO) called rGO@ZnO. We established the formation of type II heterojunction composites by employing various physicochemical characterization techniques. To evaluate the photocatalytic performance of the synthesized rGO@ZnO composite, we tested it for reducing a common wastewater pollutant, para-nitro phenol (PNP), to para-amino phenol (PAP) under both ultraviolet (UV) and visible light irradiances. The rGO

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