Journal
CHEMISTRYSELECT
Volume 1, Issue 13, Pages 3483-3490Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/slct.201600476
Keywords
precursor; ZnO-Nanoflowers; photocatalyst; dyes-degradation; mass spectroscopy
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- CSIR, New Delhi
- IIT Indore
- MHRD, Government of India
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Recently, we reported one pot synthesis of ZnO nanoflowers (ZnO-NFs) by using asymmetric Zn(II) dimeric complex, [Zn (hmp-H)(2)(H2O)(m-Cl) Zn(mu-Cl)(Cl)(3)],(A), [hmp-H=2-(2-hydroxymethyl)pyridine)] as a single molecular precursor at room temperature (RT). The prepared ZnO-NFs catalyst was systematically probed for its structural, morphological and functional properties. Our primary aim was to utilize ZnO-NFs to find a superior photocatalyst for the degradation of different dyes such as Methyl orange (MO), Congo red (CR), Chicago sky blue (CSB) and Eosin B (EO) which are commonly found in industrial waste and are major contributor to the river pollutant. In order to overcome this problem, we explored the photocatalytic performance of ZnO-NFs, which results in improved photocatalytic activity towards MO dye (15 mg/L, 99.46 %) compared to other dyes CR, CSB and EO. Based on the photocatalytic evaluations, ZnO-NFs could possess versatile photocatalytic properties for remediation of contaminated water.
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