IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319 1775 Online 2320-7876

Low temperature Synthesis, Characterization of spherical ZnO and study its photocatalytic activity

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M. Velu, G. Gurumoorthy

Abstract

Synthesis of ZnO nanospheres (ZnONS) using solution deposition method at low temperature which is most effective technique for the synthesis of nanostructure and commercially accepted, higher deposition rate and easily can collect from glass substrate. Hexamethylenetetramine (HMT) play a duel role as surface modifying agent and as surfactant for ZnONS stability. The ZnONS was deposited on glass substrate when immersed in the precursor solution at optimum conditions. The prepared ZnONS were analyzed using UV-visible, FT-IR, XRD, FE-SEM, and EDX. In this present investigation, ZnONS used as a catalyst for the photodegradation of organic pollutant like Rhodamine B and performed well with degrading ability nearly 97% at 120 mins of exposure.

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