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Erschienen in: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 3/2016

14.11.2015

Synthesis and characterization of flower-like ZnO structures and their applications in photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B dye

verfasst von: N. Rana, Subhash Chand, Arvind K. Gathania

Erschienen in: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics | Ausgabe 3/2016

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Abstract

We have synthesized ZnO nanoflakes (ZnO-NFs) assembled flower-like structures through simple wet chemical route without using any growth directing agent. The ZnO NFs have been characterized in terms of morphological, structural, and optical properties by field emission-scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and ultraviolet–visible (UV–Vis) spectroscopy. FE-SEM images show the nanoflakes assembled flower-like morphology of the as-prepared sample. XRD and Raman studies confirm that it has stable wurtzite structure. The formation of ZnO-NFs is also confirmed by the bond corresponding to metal-oxygen vibration in the FTIR spectrum at ~460 cm−1. The UV–Vis absorption spectrum of synthesized sample gives the optical band gap value of 3.2 eV. The photocatalytic activity of the ZnO-NFs is evaluated by observing their role in the photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B (RhB) dye. Results show that ZnO-NFs are capable of working efficiently for the degradation of RhB dye.

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Metadaten
Titel
Synthesis and characterization of flower-like ZnO structures and their applications in photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B dye
verfasst von
N. Rana
Subhash Chand
Arvind K. Gathania
Publikationsdatum
14.11.2015
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics / Ausgabe 3/2016
Print ISSN: 0957-4522
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-482X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-015-4051-7

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