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Preparation of C60 Nanowhiskers-ZrO2 Nanocomposites and Kinetics for Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Dyes

https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2015.18616
Hae Soo Park
Department of Chemistry, Sahmyook University, Seoul 139-742, Republic of Korea
Weon Bae Ko
Department of Chemistry, Sahmyook University, Seoul 139-742, Republic of Korea

Corresponding Author(s) : Weon Bae Ko

kowb@syu.ac.kr, kowbsahmyook@syu.ac.kr

Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 27 No. 6 (2015): Vol 27 Issue 6

Abstract

C60 nanowhiskers were synthesized by liquid-liquid interfacial precipitation method and characterized by UV-vis, Raman spectrophotometer, X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Microwave irradiation was applied to prepare ZrO2 nanoparticles using an aqueous solution of NH4OH containing zirconyl chloride. ZrO2 nanoparticles were confirmed by XRD, TEM and SEM. The C60 nanowhiskers-ZrO2 nanocomposites were heated in an electric furnace at 700 °C under an inert Ar gas atmosphere for 2 h. The crystallinity, morphology and photocatalytic degradation activity of the C60 nanowhiskers-ZrO2 nanocomposites were characterized by XRD, SEM, TEM, and UV-vis spectrophotometer. The ZrO2 nanoparticles and C60 nanowhiskers-ZrO2 nanocomposites were evaluated as a photocatalyst for the photocatalytic degradation of various organic dyes under ultraviolet light at 254 nm. We have discussed about kinetics of the photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue, methyl orange, rhodamine B, and brilliant green with the synthesized C60 nanowhiskers-ZrO2 nanocomposites.

Keywords

C60 nanowhiskers Zirconium dioxide nanoparticles Photocatalytic degradation Organic dyes
Soo Park, H., & Bae Ko, W. (2015). Preparation of C60 Nanowhiskers-ZrO2 Nanocomposites and Kinetics for Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Dyes. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 27(6), 2231–2236. https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2015.18616
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