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Indian Journal of Advances in Chemical Science Volume: 6,
Issue 1: , January 2018 |
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ISSN No.: 2320-0898 (Print);
2320-0928 (Electronic)
DOI:
10.22607/IJACS.2018.601001
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Research Article
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Facile Synthesis of Graphene
Oxide-ZrO2 Nanocomposite and their Photocatalytic
Degradation of Cadmium(II) Under Solar Light Irradiation |
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B. Prashanti, T.
Damodharam* |
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ABSTRACT |
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Hexagonal-shaped ZrO2 nanoparticles
doped with graphene oxide (GO) sheets using hydrothermal method. The
photocatalytic activity of GO-ZrO2 and the individual materials were
studied through the photodegradation of Cd(II) ions from water under
solar irradiation. A significant increase in the photodegradation
activity using the nanocomposite was obtained after 70 min (~98% of
cadmium degradation). The highest activity resulted from the synergy
of this graphitic structure with ZrO2, which could absorb a wider
portion of the solar spectrum, adsorb higher quantities of Cd(II)
ions on the surface, and improve the effective separation of the
generated electron-hole pairs. |
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Key words: Graphene oxide ZrO2
nanocomposite, Photo catalyst, Solar light irradiation, Cd(II) ions
degradation |
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