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Removal of Erioglaucine Dye from Aqueous Medium Using Ecofriendly Synthesized ZnMnO3 Photocatalyst
2017 年 15 巻 p. 74-80
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2017 年 15 巻 p. 74-80
The hexagonal nanocrystalline ZnMnO3 powder was prepared from activated mixture by an ecofriendly solid state reaction using mechanochemical method. The synthesized catalyst was characterized by various investigative analytical techniques like Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), Ultraviolet-diffused reflectance Spectroscopy (UV-DRS), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) with EDAX, Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area. The average particle size of ZnMnO3 was found to be 82 nm. The photocatalytic activity of the prepared ZnMnO3 nanoparticles have been investigated by the degradation of Erioglaucine dye. It is revealed that the product exhibits a pronounced photocatalytic activity under the influence of UV-visible light irradiation. The degradation mechanism of Erioglaucine in presence of ZnMnO3 was established by using LC-MS technique. [DOI: 10.1380/ejssnt.2017.74]
