White rice husk ash (RHA), an agriculture waste, was used as a silica source for MTW zeolite synthesis. The RHA-MTW zeolite derived from RHA was prepared by hydrothermal method at 150 °C in the presence of tetraethylammonium hydroxide. ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) were grow More
White rice husk ash (RHA), an agriculture waste, was used as a silica source for MTW zeolite synthesis. The RHA-MTW zeolite derived from RHA was prepared by hydrothermal method at 150 °C in the presence of tetraethylammonium hydroxide. ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) were grown in zeolite substrates using a solid state reaction. The synthesized nanocomposite (NC) was characterized by XRD, SEM, DRS and TEM and tested as photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue (MB) dye from aqueous solution under ultraviolet (UV) light. The BET results indicated that pore volume and surface area of ZnO/RHA-MTW NC was smaller than RHA-MTW zeolite. On the basis of the obtained experimental results, it was founded that zinc oxide NPs were encapsulated into channels of RHA-MTW zeolite. The SEM and TEM images of ZnO/RHA-MTW NC confirmed the formation of RHA-MTW particles with size diameter of 2.5 µm and locating of zinc oxide NPs in channels of zeolite with an average size of between 35 nm. The results showed MB degradation reached 85 % under UV light. The MB indicated maximum adsorption at pH=9. The photocatalytic activity of ZnO was enhanced in the presence of zeolite due to reduction of recombination rate of the electro-hole in ZnO semiconductor.
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White rice husk ash (RHA), an agricultural waste, was used as a silica source forMTW zeolite synthesis. The RHA-MTW zeolite derived from RHA was preparedby hydrothermal method at 150 °C in the presence of tetraethylammoniumhydroxide. ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) were gro More
White rice husk ash (RHA), an agricultural waste, was used as a silica source forMTW zeolite synthesis. The RHA-MTW zeolite derived from RHA was preparedby hydrothermal method at 150 °C in the presence of tetraethylammoniumhydroxide. ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) were grown in zeolite substrates using asolid state reaction. The synthesized nanocomposite (NC) was characterized byXRD, SEM, DRS and TEM and tested as photocatalytic degradation of methyleneblue (MB) dye from aqueous solution under ultraviolet (UV) light. The BET resultsindicated that pore volume and surface area of ZnO/RHA-MTW NC was smallerthan RHA-MTW zeolite. On the basis of the obtained experimental results, it wasfound that zinc oxide NPs were encapsulated into the channels of RHA-MTWzeolite. The SEM and TEM images of ZnO/RHA-MTW NC confirmed the formationof RHA-MTW particles with size diameter of 2.5 μm and locating of zinc oxideNPs in channels of zeolite with an average size of between 35 nm. The resultsshowed MB degradation had reached 85 % under UV light. The MB indicatedmaximum adsorption at pH=9. The photocatalytic activity of ZnO was enhancedin the presence of zeolite due to reduction of recombination rate of the electroholein ZnO semiconductor.ARTICLE INF O
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