Zinatloo-Ajabshir, S. and Zinatloo-Ajabshir, Z. and Salavati-Niasari, M. and Bagheri, Samira and Hamid, Sharifah Bee Abd (2017) Facile preparation of Nd 2 Zr 2 O 7 –ZrO 2 nanocomposites as an effective photocatalyst via a new route. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 26 (2). pp. 315-323. ISSN 2095-4956, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jechem.2016.11.005.
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Nd2Zr2O7–ZrO2 nanocomposites were prepared via a facile process with propylene glycol as novel connecting agent and benzene tricarboxylic acid as a new complexing agent. The as-obtained Nd2Zr2O7–ZrO2 nanocomposites were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), UV–vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis (EDX), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). According to the morphological studies of the as-synthesized nanocomposites, it was found that the shape and particle size of Nd2Zr2O7–ZrO2 nanocomposites depended on the space-filling template type, dosage of space-filling template and tricarboxylic acid as complexing agent. Nd2Zr2O7–ZrO2 nanocomposites with different shapes and grain sizes have been synthesized. The photocatalytic behavior of as-produced Nd2Zr2O7–ZrO2 nanocomposites was also investigated through photodegradation of methylene blue dye and 2-naphthol as water pollutants.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Iran National Science Foundation and University of Kashan: Grant No (159271/7579) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Photocatalyst; Nanomaterials; Photodegradation; Nanocomposites; Electron microscopy |
| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QC Physics R Medicine |
| Divisions: | Nanotechnology & Catalysis Research Centre |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Jun 2018 08:30 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2018 04:07 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/18805 |
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