Visible light assisted photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B dye on CdSe-ZnO nanocomposite: Characterization and kinetic studies

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The paper involves the heterogeneous photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B dye (RhB) employing ZnO and ZnO/CdSe nanocomposites as photocatalysts which was synthesized via chemical bath deposition (CBD) method. Nanocomposite CdSe-ZnO powders have been synthesized by varying CdSe/ZnO molar ratios. The structural, optical, morphological, and topological characteristics of as synthesized materials were investigated using the appropriate characterization instrument such as X-ray diffractometer (XRD), diffuse reflectance spectrophotometer (DRS), atomic force microscope (AFM) and field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM). It seems that the growth of CdSe particles onto ZnO particles in a core-shell like structure. The photocatalytic performance of ZnO/CdSe nanocomposite has been investigated under affecting factors such as catalyst dosage, RhB concentration and initial pH of RhB solution. The photocatalytic degradation reactions were carried out by exposing the aqueous suspension of the dye and ZnO/CdSe system with visible light. The residual concentration of RhB dye was measured using a UV-visible spectrophotometer at maximum wavelength of dye (?max 554 nm). The decolorization process was found to follow pseudo first-order kinetics which is well expressed by the represented by the Langmuir-Hinshelwood (L-H) kinetic model. The maximum decolonization efficiency of 99% was achieved within 180 min at optimum conditions, dye conc. 10 mg/L, pH 10, CdSe (10%)-ZnO dose 1.5 g/L. The ROS studies indicate that hydroxyl radicals and holes are the predominant reactive species within the same step. Furthermore, CdSe(10%)-ZnO shows a good stability after reuse for 15 successive cycles and hence it expected to be promising in polluted water treatment.

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Abbas Alshamsi, H., Abbas. Al Bedairy, M., & Hussein Alwan, S. (2021). Visible light assisted photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B dye on CdSe-ZnO nanocomposite: Characterization and kinetic studies. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 722). IOP Publishing Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/722/1/012005

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