TY - JOUR
T1 - Enhanced photocatalytic activity of St-ZnO nanorods for methylene blue dye degradation
AU - Bharathi, Devaraj
AU - Thiruvengadam Nandagopal, Jaya Ganesh
AU - Rajamani, Ranjithkumar
AU - Pandit, Soumya
AU - Kumar, Deepak
AU - Pant, Bhasker
AU - Pandey, Sadanand
AU - Kumar Gupta, Piyush
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr. Piyush Kumar Gupta is thankful to Department of Life Sciences, School of Basic Sciences and Research, Sharda University for infrastructure and facilities.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2022/3/15
Y1 - 2022/3/15
N2 - In this study, zinc oxide (St-ZnO) nanorods were synthesized using the leaf extract of Solanum trilobactum plant. The physicochemical properties of the fabricated St-ZnO nanorods were characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), X-Ray diffractometer (XRD), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Field-Emission-Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM), and UV–Visible spectral analysis. These nanorods were subjected under sunlight irradiation to study their photocatalytic property against methylene blue (MB) dye. The dye degradation efficiency of St-ZnO nanorods was calculated to be more than 90% after 45 min of sunlight irradiation. Also, in the experimental recycling study, St-ZnO nanorods were very stable and reusable.
AB - In this study, zinc oxide (St-ZnO) nanorods were synthesized using the leaf extract of Solanum trilobactum plant. The physicochemical properties of the fabricated St-ZnO nanorods were characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), X-Ray diffractometer (XRD), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Field-Emission-Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM), and UV–Visible spectral analysis. These nanorods were subjected under sunlight irradiation to study their photocatalytic property against methylene blue (MB) dye. The dye degradation efficiency of St-ZnO nanorods was calculated to be more than 90% after 45 min of sunlight irradiation. Also, in the experimental recycling study, St-ZnO nanorods were very stable and reusable.
KW - Dye degradation
KW - Methylene blue
KW - Photocatalytic action
KW - Wastewater remediation
KW - Zinc oxide rods
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U2 - 10.1016/j.matlet.2021.131637
DO - 10.1016/j.matlet.2021.131637
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85122252847
SN - 0167-577X
VL - 311
JO - Materials Letters
JF - Materials Letters
M1 - 131637
ER -