Open AccessEasy Synthesis and Efficient Photocatalytic Activities of ZnO/Mordenite Composite
Author(s) -
Lingling Wang,
Hong Wu,
Jinquan Xu,
Ling Li
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
advanced composites letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2633-366X
pISSN - 0963-6935
DOI - 10.1177/096369350801700602
Subject(s) - mordenite , materials science , photocatalysis , photodegradation , methyl orange , composite number , chemical engineering , zinc , high resolution transmission electron microscopy , nanoporous , inorganic chemistry , zeolite , nanotechnology , catalysis , metallurgy , composite material , organic chemistry , chemistry , engineering , transmission electron microscopy
A new nanoporous material consisting of nano-ZnO particles designed within the cavities and frameworks of mordenite has been synthesized and characterized. The synthesis involves a precipitation of Zinc oxide from Zinc nitrate solution on mordenite by salt melting procedure which is in the present of Nitric acid. These materials were characterized by BET surface area, XRD, UV-Vis-DRS, AAS, and HRTEM. The characterization of ZnO/mordenite composite clearly shows that some of nano-ZnO particles were encapsulated within the cavities and frameworks of mordenite. The photodegradation of methyl orange which occurs in the present of ZnO/mordenite composite is a little superior to that of Degussa P25 TiO 2 .
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