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CHEMISTRY AND MATERIAL SCIENCE
Synthesis and characterization of zirconia nanorods as a photo catalyst for the degradation of methylene blue dye
R. Jebaab, S. Radhikacb, Ch. M. Padmadb, X. Ascar Davixe a Research Scholar, Women's Christian College, Tamil nadu, India
b Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Abishekapatti, Tirunelveli, Tamil nadu, India
c Pioneer Kumaraswamy College, Tamil nadu, India
d Department of Physics, Women's Christian College, Tamil nadu, India
e Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, R.V.R. and J.C. College of Engineering, Andhra Pradesh, India
Abstract:
t-ZrO$_2$ nano crystalline photocatalyst have been synthesized by a simple co-precipitation method. The crystal structure, morphology, size, and elemental composition of ZrO$_2$ nanorods were determined using XRD, SEM, EDX analysis. The optical properties and photocatalysis were analyzed using UV-Vis spectroscopy. The investigation of XRD pattern indicates tetragonal (t-ZrO$_2$) and monoclinic phases (m-ZrO$_2$) for the annealing temperatures 500 and 900$^\circ$C respectively. SEM images depicts rod like morphology. UV-Vis spectra illustrates that the synthesized samples have wide band gap. t-ZrO$_2$ photocatalyst degrades methylene blue dye with 80% removal efficiency in 180 minutes.
Keywords:
zirconium oxide (ZrO$_2$), co-precipitation, photocatalysis.
Received: 09.06.2021 Revised: 06.10.2021 Accepted: 01.02.2022
Citation:
R. Jeba, S. Radhika, Ch. M. Padma, X. Ascar Davix, “Synthesis and characterization of zirconia nanorods as a photo catalyst for the degradation of methylene blue dye”, Nanosystems: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, 13:1 (2022), 78–86
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