Facile synthesis of ZnFeO@RGO nanocomposites towards photocatalytic ciprofloxacin degradation and H energy production.

Facile synthesis of ZnFeO@RGO nanocomposites towards photocatalytic ciprofloxacin degradation and H energy production.

Behera, Arjun;Kandi, Debasmita;Mansingh, Sriram;Martha, Satyabadi;Parida, Kulamani;
Journal of colloid and interface science 2019 Vol. 556 pp. 667-679
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Abstract

The production of Hydrogen energy through the splitting of water is a promising pathway for clean environment and sustainability. Herein we have synthesized a series of ZnFeO (ZFO)@Reduced Graphene Oxide (RGO) nanocomposites by hydrothermal followed by calcination method and studied its application towards hydrogen energy production and ciprofloxacin degradation. Powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) study and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis indicate the good crystallinity and suitable chemical environment for the photocatalytic process. Among all the samples, ZFO@3%RGO showed 73.4% of CIP degradation under solar irradiation of 1 h, which is 1.67 times higher than that of pure ZFO nanoparticles. CIP degradation process follows first order kinetics with a good rate constant of 0.021 min which is 2.3 times greater than ZFO. The photocatalyst ZFO@3%RGO illustrated maximum H energy production i.e. 410.32 μmol/h, which is 1.35 times more than that of neat ZFO nanoparticles. ZFO@3%RGO demonstrates the highest photocurrent density of 0.6 mA/cm under light illuminations, which is 250 times superior to that of the pristine photocatalyst. Bode phase analysis confirmed that ZFO@RGO shows 13 times higher charge separation efficiency in comparison to neat ZFO. The best photocatalytic activity of ZFO@3%RGO nanocomposite is due to its high light absorption capacity, low photogenerated exciton recombination, high electron-hole separation, and high photocurrent density.

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