THI THAO TRUONG
Articles written in Bulletin of Materials Science
Volume 45 All articles Published: 4 January 2022 Article ID 0013
THI MAI HUONG PHAM MINH THANH VU TIEN DUNG CONG NGOC SON NGUYEN TUAN ANH DOAN THI THAO TRUONG THI HUONG NGUYEN
The main objective of this study is the preparation of a polyethylene glycol (PEG)–Fe$_3$O$_4$/ZnO magnetic nanocomposite using a green sonochemical synthesis method with rambutan peel extract as a stabilizing agent for photocatalytic methylene blue (MB) degradation. The synthesized nanocomposites were characterized using field emission scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FTIR), X-ray diffraction and UV–visible methods. The field emission scanning electron microscopy results showed the size of nanocomposite was 20–30 nm and had the bandgap energy of 2.58 eV. The effects of the photocatalyst and process time were investigated. The kinetics were investigated, and the regeneration of the photocatalyst was evaluated. Kinetic experiments on MB degradation using the nanocomposite showed good agreement with the Langmuir–Hinshelwood model, and the photocatalyst could remove over 98% of the MB within 90 min.
Volume 46, 2023
All articles
Continuous Article Publishing mode
Prof. Subi Jacob George — Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bengaluru
Chemical Sciences 2020
Prof. Surajit Dhara — School of Physics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
Physical Sciences 2020
Click here for Editorial Note on CAP Mode
© 2022-2023 Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru.