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Preparation of C60 Nanowhisker-Nb2O5 Nanocomposites and Kinetics Study of Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Dyes

https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2016.20117
Hae Soo Park
Department of Convergence Science, Graduate School, Sahmyook University, Seoul 139-742, Republic of Korea
Jeong Won Ko
Department of Convergence Science, Graduate School, Sahmyook University, Seoul 139-742, Republic of Korea
Weon Bae Ko
Department of Convergence Science, Graduate School, Sahmyook University, Seoul 139-742, Republic of Korea; Department of Chemistry, Sahmyook University, Seoul 139-742, Republic of Korea

Corresponding Author(s) : Weon Bae Ko

kowb@syu.ac.kr

Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 28 No. 12 (2016): Vol 28 Issue 12

Abstract

The C60 nanowhiskers prepared by the liquid-liquid interfacial precipitation method were characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, UV-visible spectrophotometry and Raman spectrophotometry. Niobium pentoxide nanoparticles were prepared using niobium(V) chloride as a precursor and pluronic F108NF as a templating agent. The C60 nanowhisker-Nb2O5 nanocomposites were heated in an electric furnace at 700 °C under an inert argon gas atmosphere for 2 h. The crystallinity, morphology and photocatalytic degradation activity of the Nb2O5 nanoparticles and C60 nanowhisker-Nb2O5 nanocomposites were confirmed by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and UV-visible spectrophotometry. The Nb2O5 nanoparticles and C60 nanowhisker-Nb2O5 nanocomposites were examined for their use as a photocatalyst in the photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes such as methylene blue, methyl orange, rhodamine B and brilliant green under ultraviolet light at 254 nm. The kinetics for the photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes with C60 nanowhisker-Nb2O5 nanocomposites were investigated.

Keywords

C60 nanowhiskers Nb2O5 nanoparticles C60 nanowhisker-Nb2O5 nanocomposites Photocatalytic degradation Organic dyes
Park, H. S., Ko, J. W., & Ko, W. B. (2016). Preparation of C60 Nanowhisker-Nb2O5 Nanocomposites and Kinetics Study of Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Dyes. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 28(12), 2769–2774. https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2016.20117
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