Effect of tartaric acid as a structure-directing agent on different ZnO morphologies and their physical and photocatalytic properties

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd and Techna Group S.r.l. Among the semiconductor metal oxide photocatalysts, ZnO is one of the most popular due to the fact that its surface can be easily modified by a structure-directing agent, in order to improve its properties for photocatalytic processes. In this study, ZnO p...

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Main Authors:	Sumetha Suwanboon, Pongsaton Amornpitoksuk, Chamnan Randorn
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Published:	2018
Subjects:	Chemical Engineering Materials Science
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spelling	th-cmuir.6653943832-626172018-11-29T07:47:17Z Effect of tartaric acid as a structure-directing agent on different ZnO morphologies and their physical and photocatalytic properties Sumetha Suwanboon Pongsaton Amornpitoksuk Chamnan Randorn Chemical Engineering Materials Science © 2018 Elsevier Ltd and Techna Group S.r.l. Among the semiconductor metal oxide photocatalysts, ZnO is one of the most popular due to the fact that its surface can be easily modified by a structure-directing agent, in order to improve its properties for photocatalytic processes. In this study, ZnO particles with different morphologies were successfully synthesized via a precipitation method. The mole ratio of tartaric acid to zinc nitrate significantly affected the particle shape. This morphological change in the ZnO particles drove the photocatalytic degradation of an aqueous methylene blue (MB) solution. The best photocatalytic degradation was obtained from ZnO particles with rod-like structures. Photocatalytic degradation of about 100% under UV radiation and 98% under visible light was obtained after 180 min when synthesized ZnO particles when R = 5 were used as a photocatalyst. 2018-11-29T07:35:58Z 2018-11-29T07:35:58Z 2018-01-01 Journal 02728842 2-s2.0-85055129849 10.1016/j.ceramint.2018.10.116 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85055129849&origin=inward http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/62617
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spellingShingle	Chemical Engineering Materials Science Sumetha Suwanboon Pongsaton Amornpitoksuk Chamnan Randorn Effect of tartaric acid as a structure-directing agent on different ZnO morphologies and their physical and photocatalytic properties
description	© 2018 Elsevier Ltd and Techna Group S.r.l. Among the semiconductor metal oxide photocatalysts, ZnO is one of the most popular due to the fact that its surface can be easily modified by a structure-directing agent, in order to improve its properties for photocatalytic processes. In this study, ZnO particles with different morphologies were successfully synthesized via a precipitation method. The mole ratio of tartaric acid to zinc nitrate significantly affected the particle shape. This morphological change in the ZnO particles drove the photocatalytic degradation of an aqueous methylene blue (MB) solution. The best photocatalytic degradation was obtained from ZnO particles with rod-like structures. Photocatalytic degradation of about 100% under UV radiation and 98% under visible light was obtained after 180 min when synthesized ZnO particles when R = 5 were used as a photocatalyst.
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author	Sumetha Suwanboon Pongsaton Amornpitoksuk Chamnan Randorn
author_facet	Sumetha Suwanboon Pongsaton Amornpitoksuk Chamnan Randorn
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title	Effect of tartaric acid as a structure-directing agent on different ZnO morphologies and their physical and photocatalytic properties
title_short	Effect of tartaric acid as a structure-directing agent on different ZnO morphologies and their physical and photocatalytic properties
title_full	Effect of tartaric acid as a structure-directing agent on different ZnO morphologies and their physical and photocatalytic properties
title_fullStr	Effect of tartaric acid as a structure-directing agent on different ZnO morphologies and their physical and photocatalytic properties
title_full_unstemmed	Effect of tartaric acid as a structure-directing agent on different ZnO morphologies and their physical and photocatalytic properties
title_sort	effect of tartaric acid as a structure-directing agent on different zno morphologies and their physical and photocatalytic properties
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Effect of tartaric acid as a structure-directing agent on different ZnO morphologies and their physical and photocatalytic properties

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