scholarly journals "MALACHITE GREEN DYE DEGRADATION USING ZnCl2 ACTIVATED RICINUS COMMUNIS STEM BY SUNLIGHT IRRADIATION "

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 849-859
Author(s):  
Radwa A. El-Salamony ◽  
Abeer A. Emam ◽  
Nagwa A. Badawy ◽  
Sara F. El-Morsi

Objective: ZnO nanoparticles were synthesized using wet impregnation method, and activated carbon from rice straw (RS) prepared through chemical route. Methods: The nano-composites ZnO-AC series were prepared with different ZnO:AC ratio of 10, 20, 50, and 70% to optimize the zinc oxide nanoparticles used. The obtained composites were characterized by FE-SEM, XRD, SBET, and optical techniques then used for the photo-degradation of Malachite green dye (MG) under visible light. Results: It was found that 10ZnO-AC exhibited excellent visible light photo-catalytic performance. The ·OH radicals’ formation is matching with photo-activity of the prepared composites. The photo-degradation efficiency of MG increased from 63% to 93%, when the 10ZnO-AC photocatalyst amount was increased from 0.5 to 6 g/L. Conclusion: The GC-MS technique was used to analyze the intermediates formed; up to 15 kinds of chemicals were identified as the degradation products.


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1410-1416 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. S. Basaleh

Nickel oxide (NiO) nanosheets were prepared using a hydrothermal method, and vanadiumdecorated nickel oxide nanosheets were prepared using a photoassisted deposition method. The NiO and vanadium-decorated nickel oxide (V @ NiO) photocatalysts were investigated by several techniques, including BET, XPS, PL, UV-Vis, XRD, and TEM. The results demonstrated that the NiO bandgap energy can be adjusted by adjusting the weight percent of decorated vanadium. Malachite green dye degradation under visible light conditions was chosen to measure the photocatalytic performance of the NiO and V @ NiO samples. Additionally, parameters that affect photocatalytic performance, such as the concentration of malachite green dye, dose of the photocatalyst and vanadium weight percent, were studied in detail. The outcomes reveal that V @ NiO samples have photocatalytic activity higher than that of NiO samples due to their ability to hinder the electron–hole recombination rate and decrease the band gap energy.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. L. Ameta ◽  
Neema Papnai ◽  
Rakshit Ameta

This work reports a simple, novel, and cost effective synthesis of nanobimetal oxide catalyst using cerium and cadmium nitrates as metal precursors. The cerium-cadmium oxide nanophotocatalyst was synthesized by coprecipitation method and characterized by X-ray powder diffraction method to analyze the particle size. XRD study reveals a high degree of crystallinity and 28.43 nm particle size. The photocatalytic efficiency of the synthesized nanobimetal catalyst was examined by using it for the photocatalytic degradation of malachite green dye. Experiments were conducted to study the effect of various parameters, such as the pH of the dye solution, concentration of dye, amount of catalyst, and light intensity on the rate of dye degradation. The progress of the dye degradation was monitored spectrophotometrically by taking the optical density of the dye solution at regular intervals. Experimental results indicate that the dye degrades best at pH 8.0 with light intensity 600 Wm−2 and catalyst loading 0.03 g/50 mL of dye solution. The rate constant for the reaction was 7.67 × 10−4 s−1.


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