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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 158, Issue 2, Pages 345-352Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.01.052
Keywords
Zinc oxide; Two-dimensional nanopellets; Characterization; Photocatalyst; Methylene blue; Pseudo-first-order
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- MOSTI [03-02-12-SF0019]
- techno-fund [TF0106D212]
- IRPA [09-02-02-0032-SR0004/04-04]
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We report several significant photoclecomposition rates of methylene blue (MB) obtained before and after the refluxing process of own-synthesized two-dimensional (2D) zinc oxide (ZnO) nanopellets. Each photodecomposition rate of MB was found highly dependent on the weight of photocatalyst. The existing photodecomposition rate has been successfully improved to a factor of 22.0 times through refluxing process in excessive pyridine where the surface capping ligand (oleic acid) is removed from the 2D ZnO nanopellets. On the other hand, the refluxed photocatalyst (0.04 g) in this study was found to exhibit excellent recyclability up to three cycles. Furthermore. X-ray powder diffraction spectrums for the refluxed photocatatalyst, respectively, before and after three cycles of photocatalytic reactions, has generated the same patterns showing that the photocatalyst is stable and feasible to be used as an efficient photocatalyst material. Hence, these 20 ZnO nanopellets would provide a new alternative route as a highly efficient photocatalyst for wastewater treatment. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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