Polish Journal of Chemical Technology (Sep 2024)

Fabrication of transition metal-doped-ZnO photocatalyst and its photocatalytic degradation properties on formaldehyde

  • Liu Zhun,
  • Xu Qijie,
  • Shi Zelong,
  • Ding Kexin,
  • Chen Ziyi,
  • Xu Zhangxu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2478/pjct-2024-0029
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 3
pp. 51 – 55

Abstract

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Nano-ZnO/transition metal composites (NZTC) were prepared via sol-gel method where transition metal (Cu2+, Ag+, Co2+ and Ni2+) and ZnSO4 were used as the substrate. NZTC was characterized using scanning electronic microscope (SEM), ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometer (UV), fluorescence spectrophotometer (XRF), infrared spectrometer (IR), and so on. The photocatalytic degradation behaviors of nano-ZnO and NZTC for formaldehyde in gas and solution were investigated. The results indicated that nano-ZnO and NZTC could achieve the degradation of formaldehyde by photocatalytic process, and the degradation rates were up to 43.75% and 67.2% in gas and solution, respectively, thus thereby leading to good application prospects in the degradation of organic compounds.

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