Facile Synthesis of Graphene Oxide-ZrO2 Nanocomposite and their Photocatalytic Degradation of Cadmium(II) Under Solar Light Irradiation
B. Prashanti, T. Damodharam*
DOI: 10.22607/IJACS.2018.601001
Volume 6, Issue 1 | Pages: 1-7
Abstract
Hexagonal-shaped ZrO2 nanoparticles doped with graphene oxide (GO) sheets using hydrothermal method. The photocatalytic
activity of GO-ZrO2 and the individual materials were studied through the photodegradation of Cd(II) ions from water under solar
irradiation. A significant increase in the photodegradation activity using the nanocomposite was obtained after 70 min (~98% of
cadmium degradation). The highest activity resulted from the synergy of this graphitic structure with ZrO2, which could absorb a
wider portion of the solar spectrum, adsorb higher quantities of Cd(II) ions on the surface, and improve the effective separation of
the generated electron-hole pairs.
Keywords
Graphene oxide ZrO2 nanocomposite Photo catalyst Solar light irradiation Cd(II) ions degradationReferences
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Citation
B. Prashanti, T. Damodharam*. Facile Synthesis of Graphene Oxide-ZrO2 Nanocomposite and their Photocatalytic Degradation of Cadmium(II) Under Solar Light Irradiation. J Appl Pharm Sci. 2018; 6(1):1-7 .