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Title: Facile synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles and its photocatalytic activity in the degradation of 2-phenylbenzimidazole-5-sulfonic acid

Abstract

Sphere-shaped zinc oxide nanoparticles were synthesized following an eco-friendly synthesis method, at mild temperature, using zinc acetate dihydrate as precursor. For this work, a comparative characterization was performed with and without a post-calcined step at 300 °C during 15 min. The synthesized zinc oxide nanoparticles were characterized by FE-SEM, EDS, XRD, BET and UV–vis spectroscopy. After the calcined step, wurtzite was the only crystalline structure present in the sample. The photocatalytic activity of the calcined zinc oxide nanoparticles proved to be high since more than 90% of degradation of 2-phenylbenzimidazole-5-sulfonic acid was reached after 180 min of reaction time. Furthermore, the effects of different factors (i.e. radiation source, oxygen source, and catalyst) on the catalytic reaction were evaluated and, as expected, it was found that all these factors are required, and act synergistically in the photodegradation process.

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  1. Univ. del Turabo, Gurabo (Puerto Rico)
  2. Univ. Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid (Spain)
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Research Org.:
Univ. del Turabo, Gurabo (Puerto Rico)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOD; Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)
OSTI Identifier:
1335961
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1398077
Grant/Contract Number:  
NA0000672; W911NF-14-1-0046; ENE2014-57977-C2-1-R
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology. A, Chemistry
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 332; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 1010-6030
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; ZnO; 2-phenylbenzimidazole-5-sulfonic acid; photodegradation; nanoparticles; catalysis

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Soto-Vazquez, Loraine, Cotto, Maria, Morant, Carmen, Duconge, Jose, and Marquez, Francisco. Facile synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles and its photocatalytic activity in the degradation of 2-phenylbenzimidazole-5-sulfonic acid. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1016/j.jphotochem.2016.09.010.
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Soto-Vazquez, Loraine, Cotto, Maria, Morant, Carmen, Duconge, Jose, & Marquez, Francisco. Facile synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles and its photocatalytic activity in the degradation of 2-phenylbenzimidazole-5-sulfonic acid. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2016.09.010
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Soto-Vazquez, Loraine, Cotto, Maria, Morant, Carmen, Duconge, Jose, and Marquez, Francisco. Sun . "Facile synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles and its photocatalytic activity in the degradation of 2-phenylbenzimidazole-5-sulfonic acid". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2016.09.010. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1335961.
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@article{osti_1335961,
title = {Facile synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles and its photocatalytic activity in the degradation of 2-phenylbenzimidazole-5-sulfonic acid},
author = {Soto-Vazquez, Loraine and Cotto, Maria and Morant, Carmen and Duconge, Jose and Marquez, Francisco},
abstractNote = {Sphere-shaped zinc oxide nanoparticles were synthesized following an eco-friendly synthesis method, at mild temperature, using zinc acetate dihydrate as precursor. For this work, a comparative characterization was performed with and without a post-calcined step at 300 °C during 15 min. The synthesized zinc oxide nanoparticles were characterized by FE-SEM, EDS, XRD, BET and UV–vis spectroscopy. After the calcined step, wurtzite was the only crystalline structure present in the sample. The photocatalytic activity of the calcined zinc oxide nanoparticles proved to be high since more than 90% of degradation of 2-phenylbenzimidazole-5-sulfonic acid was reached after 180 min of reaction time. Furthermore, the effects of different factors (i.e. radiation source, oxygen source, and catalyst) on the catalytic reaction were evaluated and, as expected, it was found that all these factors are required, and act synergistically in the photodegradation process.},
doi = {10.1016/j.jphotochem.2016.09.010},
journal = {Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology. A, Chemistry},
number = C,
volume = 332,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Sep 11 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Sun Sep 11 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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Figure 1 Figure 1: FE-SEM images obtained for calcined ZnONPs: a) aggregates of particles are shown at 75,000X; b) at higher magnification (200,000X) is observed that aggregates are composed of sphere-like particles of less than 100 nm.
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