Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION
Volume 25, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.eti.2021.102130
Keywords
ZnFe2O4@ZnO; Rhodamine B; Photocatalytic degradation; Wastewater treatment
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This study reports the fabrication of ZnFe2O4@ZnO nanocomposite by solution combustion and its photocatalytic removal efficiency for Rhodamine B under visible light. The results showed that ZnFe2O4-50%@ZnO exhibited high degradation efficiency and could be reused for multiple cycles.
The synthetic textile effluents often contain a large amount of pretreated dyes, which possibly offers the high degree of toxicity, causing many negative influences on the human health and environment. In this work, we reported the fabrication of ZnFe2O4@ZnO nanocomposite by the facile solution combustion and investigated their potential for the photocatalytic removal of Rhodamine B under the visible light LED lamps. The materials were characterized by XRD, DRS, EDX, TEM, and N-2 adsorption desorption isotherm measurements. The results exhibited the highest Rhodamine B degradation efficiency of 91.87% using ZnFe2O4-50%@ZnO at the concentration of 5.0 mg L-1 and catalyst dosage of 0.75 g L-1. Possible photocatalytic mechanisms were proposed with the main role of reactive oxygen species (O-center dot(2)-, (OH)-O-center dot) over the electron excitation using the visible light source. The ZnFe2O4-50%@ZnO catalyst could reuse at least four cycles. Through a comparative study, ZnFe2O4-50%@ZnO exhibited the better photocatalytic performance than other nanocomposites. It may be, therefore, expected as a promising photocatalyst for the treatment of organic dyes. (C) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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