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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 541, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.148416
Keywords
Photocatalytic degradation; Phenol; ZnO nanoparticles (NPs); Microwave solvothermal synthesis (MSS); Recombination time
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- National Science Centre, Poland [UMO-2015/19/N/ST5/03668]
- CePT project - European Regional Development Fund within the Operational Programme Innovative Economy for 2007-2013 [POIG.02.02.00-14-024/08]
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The size of ZnO nanoparticles plays a significant role in the photocatalytic degradation of phenol under UV and visible light radiation. Nanoparticles with an average size of 71 nm showed the highest reaction rate for phenol degradation.
The effect of the ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) size on the photocatalytic degradation of phenol in a water solution under the influence of UV and Vis radiation was discussed. For the first time, research on photocatalytic degradation has used ZnO NPs produced by only one method (microwave solvothermal synthesis without heat treatment or other processes of reduction/oxidisation of the surface of NPs samples). ZnO NPs average size was determined using the Scherrer's formula, Nanopowder XRD Processor Demo web application, by converting the results of the specific surface area-density, and TEM tests. The ZnO NPs (average size between 23 nm and 71 nm) characterise by uniform morphology and narrow size distribution. The photocatalytic performance of ZnO NPs increases with the increase of the particle size and the decrease of the specific surface area. For both UV and Vis radiation, the highest reaction rate for phenol degradation was found for ZnO sample with the average particle size of 71 nm. Low concentrations of resorcine and hydroquinone (co-products of phenol degradation) were found for UV light photocatalytic test. However, high concentrations of hydro- and p-benzoquinone were observed for visible light photoactivity due to the slower decomposition of the main contamination associated with the utilized of other type of radiation. The photocatalytic activity was found to be attributable to the decrease in the charge carrier recombination rate.
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