Eco-friendly synthesis and characterization of cobalt oxide nanoparticles by sativum species and its photo-catalytic activity

Author(s):  
G. Asha ◽  
V. Rajeshwari ◽  
G. Stephen ◽  
S. Gurusamy ◽  
D. Carolin Jeniba Rachel
2011 ◽  
Vol 103 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. K. Gupta ◽  
A. K. Sinha ◽  
B. N. Raja Sekhar ◽  
A. K. Srivastava ◽  
G. Singh ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 475-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Prema Latha ◽  
C. Prema ◽  
S. Meenakshi Sundar

The present work reports the synthesis and characterization of cobalt oxide nanoparticles. Microwave oven method was used for synthesizing cobalt oxide nanoparticles. The synthesized nanoparticles were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), UV-Vis spectroscopy, photoluminescence (PL) and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The prepared samples show poor crystalline nature so that the samples were calcined at 300 °C for 1 hr. The calcined samples were characterized for further changes in its morphology. XRD identifies the sample is in Co3O4 phase with face-centered cubic structure. Debye-Scherer formula was used to calculate the average crystallite size of the annealed sample and it was found to be 7 to 28 nm. In addition to crystallite size, specific surface area, dislocation density and microstrain are calculated using XRD. Williamson-Hall plot was used to calculate the size and strain. FT-IR spectrum shows two stretching bands at 660 and 550 cm−1 which confirm the functional group present in the cobalt oxide nanoparticles. In optical absorption studies, a blue shift in the energy band gap reveals the quantum confinement effect. Photoluminescence spectra shows emission peak in the visible region.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rifat Mohammed Dakhil ◽  
Tayser Sumer Gaaz ◽  
Ahmed Al-Amiery ◽  
Mohd S. Takriff ◽  
Abdul Amir H. Kadhum

Abstract. The present work focuses on the photo-catalytic degradation of methyl orange (MO) on Erbium trioxide nanoparticles Er2O3 NPs. In this study, Er2O3 nanoparticles were synthesized and fully characterized via various techniques including; XRD diffraction, UV-Vis spectroscopy and SEM techniques. The results revealed that, the photo-catalytic activity of the prepared Er2O3 NPs towards methyl orange (MB) photo-degradation was manifested. The optimum efficiency obtained was 16 %.


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