Journal
NANOMATERIALS
Volume 11, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nano11071682
Keywords
Azo dye; photocatalytic degradation; solar irradiation; ZnO NPs
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- Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia [KEP-PhD-2-130-40]
- DSR
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In this study, ZnO NPs were biosynthesized using aqueous Ziziphus jujuba leaves extract assisted by microwave, characterized, and shown to have excellent photodegradation properties. The selective adsorption and degradation of different dyes by the ZnO NPs were observed, with a proposed mechanism involving superoxide ions and hydroxyl radicals as the main reactive species.
The present work is intended to biosynthesize zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) via facile and modern route using aqueous Ziziphus jujuba leaves extract assisted by microwave and explore their photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange anionic dye and methylene blue cationic dye under solar irradiation. The biosynthesized microwave assisted ZnO NPs were characterized and the results showed that ZnO NPs contain hexagonal wurtzite and characterized with a well-defined spherical-like shape with an outstanding band gap (2.70 eV), average particle size of 25 nm and specific surface area of 11.4 m(2)/g. The photocatalytic degradation of the MO and MB dyes by biosynthesized ZnO NPs under solar irradiation was studied and the results revealed the selective nature of the ZnO NPs for the adsorption and further photocatalytic degradation of the MO dye compared to the MB dye. In addition, the photocatalytic degradation of MO and MB dyes by the ZnO NPs under solar radiation was fitted by the first-order kinetics. Moreover, the photodegradation mechanism proposed that superoxide ions and hydroxyl radicals are the main reactive species.
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