Статья

Low temperature fabrication of SnO2, ZnO and Zn2SnO4 nanostructures for the degradation of Rhodamine 6G: characterization

Nazma BibiDepartment of Chemistry, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad 13100, PakistanSirajul HaqDepartment of Chemistry, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad 13100, PakistanWajid RehmanDepartment of Chemistry, Hazara University Mansehra, 21300 PakistanMuhammad WaseemDepartment of Chemistry, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Islamabad, PakistanMahfooz Ur RehmanDepartment of Chemistry, Hazara University Mansehra, 21300 PakistanAmreen ShahDepartment of Microbiology, Hazara University Mansehra, 21300 PakistanBasharat KhanDepartment of Chemistry, Hazara University Mansehra, 21300 PakistanParsa RasheedDepartment of Chemistry, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad 13100, PakistanN VenkateshZ SaniI AbdullahA SaniV HienD VuongN ChienK TrungC StanM RasoulifardM DorrajiS TaherkhaniK HanX PengF LiM YaoSnoL ElsellamiF DappozzeA HouasC GuillardV VinothT SivasankarA AsiriJ WuK KaviyarasanS AnandanJ ChengP WangC HuaY YangZ ZhangA AliO QreshahA IsmailF HarrazH AlgarniM FaisalJ GajendiranV RajendranH YuanJ XuS BaruahJ DuttaL JosephP VinoshaJ JeronsiaM JaculineS DasS ShoukatW RehmanDepartment of Chemistry, Hazara University Mansehra, 21300 PakistanS HaqDepartment of Chemistry, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad 13100, PakistanM WaseemDepartment of Chemistry, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Islamabad, PakistanA ShahDepartment of Microbiology, Hazara University Mansehra, 21300 PakistanM DehbashiM AliahmadF GuS WangC SongM LY QiG ZhouB VenugopalB NandanA AyyachamyV BalajiS AmirthapandianB PanigrahiB BaruwatiD KumarS ManoramaM ZhangT AnX HuC WangG ShengJ FuM AliF Barka-BouaifelH ElhouichetB SieberA AddedL BoussekeyS HaqDepartment of Chemistry, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad 13100, PakistanW RehmanDepartment of Chemistry, Hazara University Mansehra, 21300 PakistanM WaseemDepartment of Chemistry, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Islamabad, PakistanR JavedM Mahfooz-Ur-R.; ShahidA NajeA NorryA SuhailS HaqDepartment of Chemistry, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad 13100, Pakistan

2020en

ABI

Аннотация

The SnO2, ZnO and Zn2SnO4 nanostructures (NSs) were prepared using sol-gel method and different techniques were used to investigate their physicochemical properties. The crystalline nature of the NSs was evaluated using X-ray diffractometer (XRD) technique and the calculated crystallite sizes are 24.68, 29.13 and 31.74 nm. To explore the surface properties, scanning electron microscope (SEM) was utilized and the particles were found to exhibit smooth surface with varied morphology. Energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy was used for the determination of purity and percentage composition of the NSs. The band gap energy was calculated from Tauc’s plot using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS). The Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy spotted the surface functional groups. As-synthesized nanostructures were applied as photocatalysts for the degradation of Rhodamine 6g (Rh-6G) by irradiating under simulated solar light. The percentage degradation and degradation rate constant was deduced by using a set of equations, which shows that the photocatalytic performance of Zn2SnO4 was significantly high than their counterparts.

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DOI: 10.33263/briac104.895900

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