Email this article Photocatalytic activity of ZNO with different morphologies synthesized by a sonochemical method
- Authors: Phuruangrat A.1, Yayapao O.2, Thongtem S.2, Thongtem T.3,4
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Affiliations:
- Department of Materials Science and Technology, Faculty of Science
- Department of Physics and Materials Science, Faculty of Science
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
- Materials Science Research Center, Faculty of Science
- Issue: Vol 90, No 5 (2016)
- Pages: 949-954
- Section: Chemical Kinetics and Catalysis
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0036-0244/article/view/168144
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S003602441605006X
- ID: 168144
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Abstract
Different morphologies of ZnO structures were successfully synthesized in precursor solutions with the pH of 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 by a sonochemical method at room temperature. The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) and Raman spectroscopy. The photocatalytic activities of ZnO samples with different morphologies were evaluated via the degradation of methylene blue (C16H18ClN3S). In this research, the flower-like ZnO sample of densely assembled nanoplates exhibited the highest photodegradation of 64% under UV light irradiation within 300 min.
About the authors
Anukorn Phuruangrat
Department of Materials Science and Technology, Faculty of Science
Author for correspondence.
Email: phuruangrat@hotmail.com
Thailand, Hat Yai, Songkhla, 90112
Oranuch Yayapao
Department of Physics and Materials Science, Faculty of Science
Email: phuruangrat@hotmail.com
Thailand, Chiang Mai, 50200
Somchai Thongtem
Department of Physics and Materials Science, Faculty of Science
Email: phuruangrat@hotmail.com
Thailand, Chiang Mai, 50200
Titipun Thongtem
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science; Materials Science Research Center, Faculty of Science
Email: phuruangrat@hotmail.com
Thailand, Chiang Mai, 50200; Chiang Mai, 50200
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