Photodegradation of methylene blue in water and antibacterial Property of Cu-doped ZnO/rice husk ash composite

• Main Authors: Millora, Bianca Ysabel, Cacho, Carla Mae
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2023
• Subjects: Rice hulls; Ash disposal; Zinc oxide; Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etdb_chem/30; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/etdb_chem/article/1036/viewcontent/2023_Millora_Cacho_Photodegradation_of_Methylene_Blue_in_Water_Fulltext.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

Rice husk is one the largest contributors of agricultural wastes due to the lack of proper disposal. Moreover, its derivatives such as rice husk ash (RHA) also pose the same problem as well as a potential health hazard and pollutant. RHA contains silica, which can be used as a component of photocata...