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ArticleScientific reports2024

Photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue dye by ZnO nanoparticle thin films, using Sol-gel technique and UV laser irradiation.

Diaa Atta, Hanan A Wahab, M A Ibrahim, I K Battisha

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Article in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Diaa AttaSpectroscopy Department-Physics Research Institute, National Research Centre (NRC), 33 El-Bohouth St., Dokki, Giza, 12622, Egypt. De.kamal@nrc.sci.eg.
Hanan A WahabSolid State Physics Department, Physics Research Institute, National Research Centre (NRC), 33 El-Bohouth St., Dokki, Giza, 12622, Egypt. ha.abdelwahap@nrc.sci.eg.
M A IbrahimSpectroscopy Department-Physics Research Institute, National Research Centre (NRC), 33 El-Bohouth St., Dokki, Giza, 12622, Egypt.
I K BattishaSolid State Physics Department, Physics Research Institute, National Research Centre (NRC), 33 El-Bohouth St., Dokki, Giza, 12622, Egypt.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The focus of the current work is the study of the effect of the photo-catalytic activity of ZnO nanoparticles. The photocatalytic destruction of methylene blue dye, a common water contaminant, was used to assess the photocatalytic efficiency of the ZnO nanoparticles from its aqueous solution by using ZnO nanoparticles thin film under UV light and laser irradiation. Sol-gel methods prepared ZnO nanoparticle thin films. X-ray diffraction and a field-emitted scanning electron microscope were utilized to examine the structure of the produced ZnO nanoparticles. An extended characterization by laser-based fluorescence and UV-visible spectroscopic techniques. The effects of operational parameters such as photo-catalyst load and contact time on photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue were investigated. The recent study's findings showed that irradiation with a UV laser increases with power density 25 µW/cm

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And B3LYP/6-311g(d,p)Laser IrradiationLaser spectroscopyMethylene blue industrial waste removalPhoto-catalysisZinc oxide nanoparticle

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PMCPMC11541765

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