Morphologies of Nanostuctured ZnO prepared by matrix-assisted method and its effects on photocatalytic activity
Zinc oxide nanoparticles have been successfully synthesized by matrix-assisted method using activated carbon as a matrix and zinc nitrate and zinc acetate as ZnO precursors. Different weight percentages (10-40 wt %) of Zn precursor were loaded onto activated carbon and calcined in air at 500 and 600...
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| description | Zinc oxide nanoparticles have been successfully synthesized by matrix-assisted method using activated carbon as a matrix and zinc nitrate and zinc acetate as ZnO precursors. Different weight percentages (10-40 wt %) of Zn precursor were loaded onto activated carbon and calcined in air at 500 and 600 ºC, producing highly crystallined ZnO particles with a wurtzite structure. Nanospherical ZnO and a mixture of nanosphere and nanorod ZnO were produced from zinc nitrate and zinc acetate, respectively. The efficiency study of the synthesized ZnO in the photodegradation of rhodamine 6G indicated that ZnO produced from zinc acetate is more effective than that from zinc nitrate, possibly due to the differences in the morphology of the synthesized ZnO. |
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| spelling | upm-303132015-12-08T03:02:49Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30313/ Morphologies of Nanostuctured ZnO prepared by matrix-assisted method and its effects on photocatalytic activity Nordin, S. N. M. Abdullah, Abdul Halim Zainal, Zulkarnain Zinc oxide nanoparticles have been successfully synthesized by matrix-assisted method using activated carbon as a matrix and zinc nitrate and zinc acetate as ZnO precursors. Different weight percentages (10-40 wt %) of Zn precursor were loaded onto activated carbon and calcined in air at 500 and 600 ºC, producing highly crystallined ZnO particles with a wurtzite structure. Nanospherical ZnO and a mixture of nanosphere and nanorod ZnO were produced from zinc nitrate and zinc acetate, respectively. The efficiency study of the synthesized ZnO in the photodegradation of rhodamine 6G indicated that ZnO produced from zinc acetate is more effective than that from zinc nitrate, possibly due to the differences in the morphology of the synthesized ZnO. Chemic Publishing Company 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30313/1/Morphologies%20of%20Nanostuctured%20ZnO%20prepared%20by%20matrix.pdf Nordin, S. N. M. and Abdullah, Abdul Halim and Zainal, Zulkarnain (2013) Morphologies of Nanostuctured ZnO prepared by matrix-assisted method and its effects on photocatalytic activity. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 25 (18). pp. 10230-10232. ISSN 0970-7077; ESSN: 0975-427X http://www.asianjournalofchemistry.co.in/user/journal/viewarticle.aspx?ArticleID=25_19_45 English |
| spellingShingle | Nordin, S. N. M. Abdullah, Abdul Halim Zainal, Zulkarnain Morphologies of Nanostuctured ZnO prepared by matrix-assisted method and its effects on photocatalytic activity |
| title | Morphologies of Nanostuctured ZnO prepared by matrix-assisted method and its effects on photocatalytic activity |
| title_full | Morphologies of Nanostuctured ZnO prepared by matrix-assisted method and its effects on photocatalytic activity |
| title_fullStr | Morphologies of Nanostuctured ZnO prepared by matrix-assisted method and its effects on photocatalytic activity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Morphologies of Nanostuctured ZnO prepared by matrix-assisted method and its effects on photocatalytic activity |
| title_short | Morphologies of Nanostuctured ZnO prepared by matrix-assisted method and its effects on photocatalytic activity |
| title_sort | morphologies of nanostuctured zno prepared by matrix-assisted method and its effects on photocatalytic activity |
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