Facile synthesis of ZnO nanoglobules and its photocatalytic activity in the degradation of methyl orange dye under UV irradiation

Rizwan Khan; M. Shamshi Hassan; Periyayya Uthirakumar; Jin Hyeon Yun; Myung Seob Khil; In Hwan Lee

doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2015.03.109

Facile synthesis of ZnO nanoglobules and its photocatalytic activity in the degradation of methyl orange dye under UV irradiation

Rizwan Khan, M. Shamshi Hassan, Periyayya Uthirakumar, Jin Hyeon Yun, Myung Seob Khil, In Hwan Lee

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Abstract

Abstract ZnO nanoglobules were synthesized by a facile hydrothermal process. The detailed structural characterizations revealed that the prepared ZnO nanostructures were uniform, crystalline and with the controlled morphology of nanoglobule-like structures. The photocatalytic activity of the nanoglobules was evaluated on degrading methyl orange dye under UV irradiation. A fast decomposition of the MO dye was observed with a degradation rate of ~94.3% within 150 min, which was attributed to the high crystalline quality of ZnO nanostructures that produced reactive sites over the catalyst surface to decompose the MO dye.

Original language	English
Article number	18701
Pages (from-to)	163-165
Number of pages	3
Journal	Materials Letters
Volume	152
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2015.03.109
Publication status	Published - 2015 Aug 1
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
This research was supported by National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning ( 2013R1A2A2A07067688 , 2010-0019626 ).

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© 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Keywords

Methyl orange dye
Nanostructures
Photocatalytic activity
ZnO

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General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

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