Synthesis, characterization and investigation photocatalytic degradation of Nitro Phenol with nano ZnO and ZrO 2

N Assi, A Mehrdad, Sharif, Q Naeini, Navid Assi
2014 Int. J.Nano Dimens   unpublished
ZnO and ZrO 2 photo catalysts were synthesized by sol-gel auto combustion method. The products were characterized by X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). Structural and morphological properties of nano particles were investigated and the average crystalline size of ZnO and ZrO 2 was obtained 44 and 51 nm, respectively. Also, photo catalytic degradation of Nitro phenol from aqueous solution by using nano scale ZnO and ZrO 2 powders under UV-C light irradiation was
more » ... ed and degradation of Nitro phenol was 98% for ZnO in 40 minutes and 83% in 100 min for ZrO 2 .
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