Journal
POWDER TECHNOLOGY
Volume 189, Issue 3, Pages 426-432Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2008.07.004
Keywords
ZnO nanoparticles; Surface modification; Graft polymerization; Photocatalytic degradation; Methyl orange
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [20476065, 20736004]
- Scientific Research Foundation for ROCS of the State Education Ministry
- Key Laboratory of Multiphase Reaction of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [2006-5]
- State Key Lab of Coal Conversion
- CAS [2006-902]
- Key Laboratory of Organic Synthesis of Jiangsu Province
- Foundation of Chemical Experiment Center of Soochow University
- R&D Foundation of Nanjing Medical University [NY0586]
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ZnO nanoparticles were synthesized by calcination of precursor prepared by the precipitation method. Polystyrene was grafted onto the surface of ZnO nanoparticles to improve the dispersion of the particles and to reduce their photocatalytic activity. The obtained particles were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray powder diffraction, and transmission electron microscopy. The photocatalytic activity of bare and modified ZnO nanoparticles was studied. The influence of surface modification on the photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange has been analyzed. The composition of residual solution was determined through high performance liquid chromatography. Experimental results show that well dispersed ZnO nanoparticles were obtained after surface modification. ZnO nanoparticles possess high photocatalytic activity, whereas the photocatalytic activity can be significantly reduced when polystyrene was grafted onto the particle surface. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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