Open AccessPerbandingan Efektivitas Dekolorisasi Fotokatalitik Metilen Biru dan Metil Jingga menggunakan Semikonduktor ZnO pada Variasi pH
Author(s) -
Annisa M. Dewi,
Wahyu Bambang Widayatno,
Yuly Kusumawati
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
jurnal riset kimia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2476-8960
pISSN - 1978-628X
DOI - 10.25077/jrk.v10i2.328
Subject(s) - methylene blue , nuclear chemistry , methyl orange , microporous material , scanning electron microscope , photocatalysis , bet theory , mesoporous material , specific surface area , chemistry , precipitation , particle size , materials science , adsorption , catalysis , organic chemistry , physics , meteorology , composite material
The comparison of photocatalytic decolorization of Methylene Blue and Methyl Orange using ZnO Semiconductor under UV-LED radiation has been studied at varied pH. ZnO have been synthesized using co-precipitation method. The Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) result showed that the synthesized ZnO has a hexagonal structure with the particle size range 0.125 to 0.5 µm. The BET isotherm characterization showed the synthesized ZnO has a specific surface area (SBET), mesoporous volume and micropore volume of 60.20 m2/g, 0.541 cm3/g and 0.02 cm3/g, respectively. The observation of the effect of pH to the photocatalytic activity showed that the highest removal percentage occurred at pH 9 with the value of 95.64% for methylene blue and occurred at pH 3 with the value of 6.236% for methyl orange.Â