TY - GEN
T1 - ZnO tetrapods for potential photocatalytic dye degradation
AU - Sadyk, Shynggys
AU - Atabaev, Timur Sh
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was financially supported by a Nazarbayev University Social Policy grant.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - In this study, a facile method was used to prepare ZnO tetrapods for potential dye degradation applications. Field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and UV-Vis spectroscopy were employed to investigate the morphology, chemical composition, and photocatalytic properties of prepared ZnO tetrapods. A Rhodamine B (RB) dye was used as a model dye to study the photocatalytic activity of the prepared sample. It was shown that RB dye can be efficiently degraded in the presence of ZnO tetrapods under continuous UV-light illumination. Thus, prepared ZnO tetrapods with excellent photocatalytic properties can be potentially used in wastewater treatment.
AB - In this study, a facile method was used to prepare ZnO tetrapods for potential dye degradation applications. Field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and UV-Vis spectroscopy were employed to investigate the morphology, chemical composition, and photocatalytic properties of prepared ZnO tetrapods. A Rhodamine B (RB) dye was used as a model dye to study the photocatalytic activity of the prepared sample. It was shown that RB dye can be efficiently degraded in the presence of ZnO tetrapods under continuous UV-light illumination. Thus, prepared ZnO tetrapods with excellent photocatalytic properties can be potentially used in wastewater treatment.
KW - Photocatalytic activity
KW - Tetrapods
KW - Wastewater treatment
KW - ZnO
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U2 - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.779.97
DO - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.779.97
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85054799288
SN - 9783035712780
T3 - Key Engineering Materials
SP - 97
EP - 101
BT - Smart Materials Technologies III
A2 - Polyakova, Marina
PB - Trans Tech Publications
T2 - 3rd International Conference on Smart Materials Technologies, ICSMT 2018
Y2 - 21 June 2018 through 23 June 2018
ER -