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SCIENTIFIC WORLD JOURNAL
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HINDAWI LTD
DOI: 10.1155/2013/641420
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- The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
- TEM through Research University (RU) [1001/PKIMIA/815099]
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Calcium oxide (CaO) nanoparticles are known to exhibit unique property due to their high adsorption capacity and good catalytic activity. In this work the CaO nanocatalysts were prepared by hydrothermal method using anionic surfactant, sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS), as a templating agent. The as-synthesized nanocatalysts were further used as substrate for the synthesis of alumina doped calcium oxide (Al2O3 center dot CaO) nanocatalysts via deposition-precipitation method at the isoelectric point of CaO. The Al2O3 center dot CaO nanocatalysts were characterized by FTIR, XRD, TGA, TEM, and FESEM techniques. The catalytic efficiencies of these nanocatalysts were studied for the photodegradation of 2,4,6-trinitrophenol (2,4,6-TNP), which is an industrial pollutant, spectrophotometrically. The effect of surfactant and temperature on size of nanocatalysts was also studied. The smallest particle size and highest percentage of degradation were observed at critical micelle concentration of the surfactant. The direct optical band gap of the Al2O3 center dot CaO nanocatalyst was found as 3.3 eV.
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