OBTAINING ZnO IMMOBILIZED OVER DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES BY HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENT FOR PHOTOCATALYSIS APPLICATION

Autor: Mônica Bagnara, Jéssica Farias, Marla Azário Lansarin
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Química Nova, Vol 39, Iss 3, Pp 286-291 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1678-7064
0100-4042
DOI: 10.5935/0100-4042.20160032
Popis: The aim of this work is to systematically explore the effect of the synthesis conditions of ZnO structures, immobilized on different substrates by hydrothermal treatment, in its photocatalytic activity. A circumscribed central composite design of experiments was used to analyze the effects of reagents stoichiometry, reaction time and temperature, covering a wide range of these variables. The substrates used were etched glass, copper and zinc foils. The photocatalytic activity of the as-obtained ZnO samples was evaluated through photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B (RhB) in aqueous solution under UV irradiation. Zinc foils presented the best immobilized film quality and the maximum dye removal was 80% in one hour of UV exposure.
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