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Amine functionalized graphene oxide decorated with ZnO-WO3 nanocomposites for remediation of organic dye from wastewater.

Authors :
Alam, Rowshon
Hossain, Mohammad Awlad
Elias, Md
Source :
Journal of Physics & Chemistry of Solids. Jul2024, Vol. 190, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 1p.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Photocatalytic degradation is as an efficient technique to eradicate toxic chemical pollutants from contaminated water sources. However, the selectivity and photocatalytic activity are the challenging targets to explore the new photocatalysts. Therefore, our research goal is to develop a suitable photocatalyst to satisfy the recent photocatalytic degradation demand. In this work, amine functionalized graphene oxide (NH 2 -GO) supported heterojunction ternary novel nanocomposites (NH 2 -GO/ZnO-WO 3) were prepared via simple solvothermal method. Structural and morphological investigations of the prepared composites are systematically observed by Field Emission Scanning Electron Spectroscopy (FE-SEM), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), and Ultraviolet–Visible (UV–vis) Spectroscopy. FT-IR analysis confirmed the effective functionalization of amine on graphene oxide. The XRD results indicated that the prepared nanocomposites were free from any impurities and the binary composite (NH 2 -GO/ZnO) showed hexagonal wurtzite structure, whereas the ternary composite (NH 2 -GO/ZnO-WO 3) exhibited mix crystal structure of monoclinic and hexagonal phase of WO 3 and ZnO, respectively. The synthesized ternary photocatalyst (NH 2 -GO/ZnO-WO 3) demonstrated superior photocatalytic efficiency towards various organic dyes such as cationic dye methylene blue (MB, 85.89%) and anionic dye methyl orange (MO, 60.98%) compared to binary photocatalyst (NH 2 -GO/ZnO) that showed only 52.28% of MB and 25.8% of MO dye degradation under UV light irradiation. The enhanced photocatalytic performance was mainly due to the low recombination rate of photogenerated electron-hole pair, narrow band gap, and large surface area of ternary composite. The presence of lone pair electrons in amino group provides a negative-charged surface composite resulting good interaction with cationic dye is the key to upgrade the photocatalytic performance. The ternary nanocomposite NH 2 -GO/ZnO-WO 3 has the capacity to be a competent and acceptable photocatalyst for the photodegradation of organic dyes used in industries. • Synthesis of a novel ternary NH 2 -GO/ZnO-WO 3 nanocomposite by a facile solvothermal method. • XRD, FE-SEM, FT-IR, and UV–Vis corroborated the synthesized composites. • Photocatalytic activity of binary NH 2 -GO/ZnO was improved after supported by WO 3. • NH 2 -GO/ZnO-WO 3 nanocomposite showed enhanced photodegradation under UV light irradiation. • Cationic dye (MB) is more sensitive than anionic dye (MO) towards NH 2 -GO/ZnO-WO 3. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00223697
Volume :
190
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Journal of Physics & Chemistry of Solids
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
176538025
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2024.112015