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Facile low-temperature synthesis of ZnO nanopyramid and its application to photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange dye under UV irradiation

  • Rizwan Khan
  • , M. Shamshi Hassan
  • , Han Su Cho
  • , Alexander Y. Polyakov
  • , Myung Seob Khil
  • , In Hwan Lee*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Jeonbuk National University
  • National University of Science and Technology "MISiS"

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Abstract

ZnO nanopyramid-like nanostructures were grown by a low-temperature simple solution process. The detailed characterizations have shown that the ZnO nanostructures were single crystalline and had nanopyramid morphology with an average size of 50-100 nm. The photocatalytic activity of ZnO NPys was evaluated for use in the degradation of methyl orange (MO) dye, and exhibited ~95% MO decomposition within 150 min under UV irradiation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)224-227
Number of pages4
JournalMaterials Letters
Volume133
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014.10.15

Keywords

  • Methyl orange dye
  • Nanostructure
  • Photocatalytic activity
  • Solution process
  • ZnO

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

  • Engineering - Mechanical
  • Materials Science
  • Physics & Astronomy

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