Photo catalytic property of ZnO and Mn-ZnO nanoparticles in removal of Cibacet Turquoise blue G from aquatic solution

International Journal of Nano Dimension

مقاله 8، دوره 5، شماره 2، تیر 2014، صفحه 145-154   

نوع مقاله: Reasearch Paper

شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.7508/ijnd.2014.02.007

نویسندگان

N. Assi^{* 1}؛ A.A. Mehrdad Sharif²؛ H. Bakhtiari²؛ Q. S. Manuchehri Naeini²

¹1Department of Chemistry, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

²Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

چکیده

ZnO and Mn-ZnO nano powders were prepared by the sol-gel auto combustion method. The products were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive analysis of X-ray (EDX) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Structural and morphological properties of nano particles were investigated and the average crystalline size of ZnO and Mn-doped ZnO was obtained 44 and 51 nm, respectively. Also, photo catalytic removal of Cibacen Turquoise Blue G dye from aqueous solution by using nano scale ZnO and Mn-ZnO powders under UV light irradiation was studied. The effect of initial dye concentrations and dosage of photo catalysts, were investigated in the photo destructive process. This is 57% of dye degraded by 0.02 mg of ZnO in 70 minutes. The degradation rate increase to 84% in the presence of 0.02 mg of Mn-ZnO in the same time.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Photo catalyst؛ ZnO؛ Mn-ZnO؛ Degradation؛ Cibacen Turquoise blue G؛ Sol-gel auto combustion method؛ Nano scale؛ Photo destructive