Open AccessHighly crystalline zinc stannate nanocatalyst for rhodamine 6G degradation: synthesis and characterization
Author(s) -
S. Haq,
M. B. Ali,
A. Mezni,
A. Hedfi,
W. Rehman,
M. Waseem,
M. U Rehman,
B. Khan,
S. U Din,
F. U. Rehman,
S. A. Abbasi,
A. L. Lone
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of ovonic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.361
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1842-2403
pISSN - 1584-9953
DOI - 10.15251/jor.2022.182.121
Subject(s) - stannate , crystallite , diffuse reflectance infrared fourier transform , rhodamine 6g , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , materials science , scanning electron microscope , zinc , microstructure , rhodamine b , analytical chemistry (journal) , photocatalysis , nuclear chemistry , spectroscopy , chemistry , chemical engineering , metallurgy , catalysis , chromatography , organic chemistry , composite material , physics , quantum mechanics , molecule , engineering
The cubic shaped zinc stannate nanocatalyst (ZS-NC) with the average crystallite size of 32.58 nm was prepared by sol-gel method using ZnO and SnO2 as a precursors. The crystal structural composition was investigated through Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and energy dispersive X-ray (EDX). The microstructure analysis was done over scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and the optical property was studied by operating diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS). The rhodamine 6G was degraded in aqueous under the influence of solar light in the presence of ZS-NC and photocatalytic parameters were derived by using a set of equations. It has been observed almost the dye (99.38%) was mineralized in 330 min with degradation rate of 1.281 × 10-2 /min.