Synthesis and characterisation of ZnO synthesized by glycine-nitrate combustion process
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Dojčinović, Milena
Marković, Smilja

Stojadinović, Stevan

Rac, Vladislav

Janković Častvan, Ivona

Stojković Simatović, Ivana

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One of the ways to get rid of toxic organic compounds that industries release into natural waters is photocatalysis of the decomposition of organic compounds on the surface of heterogenous photocatalysts such as zinc oxide. Zinc oxide is a semiconductor that interacts with UV and near-UV visible light by generating electron-hole pairs which decompose organic molecules. Therefore it is useful to explore different ways of synthesizing zinc oxide and to test quality and quantity of organic decomposition photocatalysis so as to enable the commercial use of the material. Zinc oxide is also a respectable material for use as a photoelectrocatalyst in water oxidation, for example, which can be useful for generating oxygen while using natural sunlight - a clean and abundant energy source. In this project nanocrystalline zinc oxide was synthesized by glycin-nitrate combustion process and the powder was annealed on temperatures of 400 °C and 500 °C. Obtained particles where characterized in detai...l using X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman spectroscopy, field emission scanning microscopy (FESEM), photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL) and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS). The results show that obtained samples are nanocrystalline wurtzite zinc oxide, with particle diameters of 33 nm (annealed at 400 °C) ad 48 nm (annealed at 500 °C). Both samples show significant amount of various crystal defects. Zinc oxide band gap of the samples are determined to be lower than the band gap of the bulk zinc oxide. Photoelectrocatalytic properties were investigated via electrochemical methods: linear voltammetry (LV), chronoamperometry (CA) and impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The results show that material is photostable and reactive to the light. Water oxidation is enhanced by exposing to sunlight. Finally, photocatalytic properties are tested with determining kinetic parameters of phenole and methyl blue decomposition. Zinc oxide nanoparticles are efficient photocatalysts, although sample annealed at 500 °C shows better properties than sample annealed at 400 °C.
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ZnO / combustion process / photocatalysisSource:
Program and the Book of Abstracts / Seventeenth Young Researchers' Conference Materials Sciences and Engineering, December 5-7, 2018, Belgrade, Serbia, 2018, 78-78Publisher:
- Belgrade : Institute of Technical Sciences of SASA
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Институт техничких наука САНУ / Institute of Technical Sciences of SASATY - CONF AU - Dojčinović, Milena AU - Marković, Smilja AU - Stojadinović, Stevan AU - Rac, Vladislav AU - Janković Častvan, Ivona AU - Stojković Simatović, Ivana PY - 2018 UR - https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/4717 AB - One of the ways to get rid of toxic organic compounds that industries release into natural waters is photocatalysis of the decomposition of organic compounds on the surface of heterogenous photocatalysts such as zinc oxide. Zinc oxide is a semiconductor that interacts with UV and near-UV visible light by generating electron-hole pairs which decompose organic molecules. Therefore it is useful to explore different ways of synthesizing zinc oxide and to test quality and quantity of organic decomposition photocatalysis so as to enable the commercial use of the material. Zinc oxide is also a respectable material for use as a photoelectrocatalyst in water oxidation, for example, which can be useful for generating oxygen while using natural sunlight - a clean and abundant energy source. In this project nanocrystalline zinc oxide was synthesized by glycin-nitrate combustion process and the powder was annealed on temperatures of 400 °C and 500 °C. Obtained particles where characterized in detail using X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman spectroscopy, field emission scanning microscopy (FESEM), photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL) and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS). The results show that obtained samples are nanocrystalline wurtzite zinc oxide, with particle diameters of 33 nm (annealed at 400 °C) ad 48 nm (annealed at 500 °C). Both samples show significant amount of various crystal defects. Zinc oxide band gap of the samples are determined to be lower than the band gap of the bulk zinc oxide. Photoelectrocatalytic properties were investigated via electrochemical methods: linear voltammetry (LV), chronoamperometry (CA) and impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The results show that material is photostable and reactive to the light. Water oxidation is enhanced by exposing to sunlight. Finally, photocatalytic properties are tested with determining kinetic parameters of phenole and methyl blue decomposition. Zinc oxide nanoparticles are efficient photocatalysts, although sample annealed at 500 °C shows better properties than sample annealed at 400 °C. PB - Belgrade : Institute of Technical Sciences of SASA C3 - Program and the Book of Abstracts / Seventeenth Young Researchers' Conference Materials Sciences and Engineering, December 5-7, 2018, Belgrade, Serbia T1 - Synthesis and characterisation of ZnO synthesized by glycine-nitrate combustion process SP - 78 EP - 78 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4717 ER -
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Dojčinović, M., Marković, S., Stojadinović, S., Rac, V., Janković Častvan, I.,& Stojković Simatović, I.. (2018). Synthesis and characterisation of ZnO synthesized by glycine-nitrate combustion process. in Program and the Book of Abstracts / Seventeenth Young Researchers' Conference Materials Sciences and Engineering, December 5-7, 2018, Belgrade, Serbia Belgrade : Institute of Technical Sciences of SASA., 78-78. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4717
Dojčinović M, Marković S, Stojadinović S, Rac V, Janković Častvan I, Stojković Simatović I. Synthesis and characterisation of ZnO synthesized by glycine-nitrate combustion process. in Program and the Book of Abstracts / Seventeenth Young Researchers' Conference Materials Sciences and Engineering, December 5-7, 2018, Belgrade, Serbia. 2018;:78-78. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4717 .
Dojčinović, Milena, Marković, Smilja, Stojadinović, Stevan, Rac, Vladislav, Janković Častvan, Ivona, Stojković Simatović, Ivana, "Synthesis and characterisation of ZnO synthesized by glycine-nitrate combustion process" in Program and the Book of Abstracts / Seventeenth Young Researchers' Conference Materials Sciences and Engineering, December 5-7, 2018, Belgrade, Serbia (2018):78-78, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4717 .