Efficient Photo-catalytic Degradation of Acid Red 183 dye in the presence of ZnO nano-whiskers

1Nano Solver Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Z. H. College of Engineering & Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202002, India 2Department of Applied Chemistry, Integral University, Lucknow-226026, India 3Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi, Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia 4Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202002, India 5Department of Applied Science, Jahangirabad Institute of Technology, Barabanki-225203, India 6Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202002, India 7Advanced Materials Research Chair, Chemistry Department, College of Sciences, Building 5, King Saud University, Riyadh-11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 8Department of Chemistry, D.B.S. College, Kanpur-268001, India 9Department of Chemistry, Christ Church College, Kanpur-268001, India 10School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changwon National University, Changwon,Gyeongnam, 641-773, Republic of Korea (Received 10 March, 2015; accepted 11May 2015; published 01 July, 2015)