Study of catalytic activity of G-SrO nanoparticles for degradation of cationic and anionic dye and comparative study photocatalytic and electro &amp; photo-electrocatalytic of anionic dye degradation

F. El-Sayed; Mai S.A. Hussien; T.H. AlAbdulaal; Abdel-Haleem Abdel-Aty; H.Y. Zahran; I.S. Yahia; Mohamed Sh. Abdel-wahab; Essam H. Ibrahim; Medhat A. Ibrahim; Hanan Elhaes

Journal of Materials Research and Technology (Sep 2022)

Study of catalytic activity of G-SrO nanoparticles for degradation of cationic and anionic dye and comparative study photocatalytic and electro & photo-electrocatalytic of anionic dye degradation

F. El-Sayed,
Mai S.A. Hussien,
T.H. AlAbdulaal,
Abdel-Haleem Abdel-Aty,
H.Y. Zahran,
I.S. Yahia,
Mohamed Sh. Abdel-wahab,
Essam H. Ibrahim,
Medhat A. Ibrahim,
Hanan Elhaes

Affiliations

F. El-Sayed: Nanoscience Laboratory for Environmental and Biomedical Applications (NLEBA), Metallurgical Lab.1, Department of Physics, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Roxy, Cairo 11757, Egypt
Mai S.A. Hussien: Nanoscience Laboratory for Environmental and Biomedical Applications (NLEBA), Metallurgical Lab.1, Department of Physics, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Roxy, Cairo 11757, Egypt; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Roxy, 11757 Cairo, Egypt
T.H. AlAbdulaal: Laboratory of Nano-Smart Materials for Science and Technology (LNSMST), Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha, Saudi Arabia
Abdel-Haleem Abdel-Aty: Department of Physics, College of Sciences, University of Bisha, P.O. Box 344, Bisha 61922, Saudi Arabia; Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Assiut 71524, Egypt
H.Y. Zahran: Laboratory of Nano-Smart Materials for Science and Technology (LNSMST), Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha, Saudi Arabia; Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, Abha 61413, P.O. Box 9004, Saudi Arabia; Semiconducotor Lab., Department of Physics, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Roxy, Cairo 11757, Egypt
I.S. Yahia: Laboratory of Nano-Smart Materials for Science and Technology (LNSMST), Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha, Saudi Arabia; Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, Abha 61413, P.O. Box 9004, Saudi Arabia; Semiconducotor Lab., Department of Physics, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Roxy, Cairo 11757, Egypt; Corresponding author.
Mohamed Sh. Abdel-wahab: Materials Science and Nanotechnology Department, Faculty of Postgraduate Studies for Advanced Sciences, Beni–Suef University, Beni–Suef 62511, Egypt
Essam H. Ibrahim: Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, Abha 61413, P.O. Box 9004, Saudi Arabia; Blood Products Quality Control and Research Department, National Organization for Research and Control of Biologicals, Cairo, Egypt; Biology Department, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia
Medhat A. Ibrahim: Nanotechnology Research Centre (NTRC), The British University in Egypt (BUE), Suez Desert Road, El-Sherouk City, Cairo, 11837, Egypt; Molecular Spectroscopy and Modeling Unit, Spectroscopy Department, National Research Centre, 33 El-Bohouth St., 12622, Dokki, Giza, Egypt
Hanan Elhaes: Physics Department, Faculty of Women for Arts, Science and Education, Ain Shams University, Cairo, 11757, Egypt

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 20
pp. 959 – 975

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Cationic dye (methylene blue) and anionic dye (carmine) degradation were demonstrated by SrO and G-SrO NPs. Furthermore, the carmine dye was degraded using two promising technologies: photocatalysis and electro& photo-electrocatalytic oxidation. Analyses of the synthesized photocatalysts were carried out utilizing optical techniques such as Fourier transforms infrared (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), UV–visible absorption, and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The FTIR results showed that no band for graphene appeared. The XRD data revealed that the nanocomposite has a cubic structure typical of SrO, which is highly crystalline. The energy band gap (EBG) decreases from 6 eV to 3.87 eV for SrO and 0.25 G-SrO, respectively. SEM images showed that incorporating graphene into SrO might enhance the surface area.For photocatalytic applications, the results revealed that the 0.25G-SrO catalyst achieved 99.5% degradation of MB dye and kinetic degradation rates of 0.04718 min−1 within 70min by photocatalysis under UV light irradiation. In comparison, 0.1G-SrO catalyst reached 79.03% degradation of carmine and kinetic degradation rates of 0.01182 min−1 within 125 min. The carmine dye was completely degraded with 8 min and 6 min irradiation time by electro and photo-electro catalytic. According to this research, SrO's photocatalytic activity was improved by incorporating graphene under UV light; besides comparing photocatalysis and electro &photo-electro catalytic processes to verify which technique is best for treating carmine in effluents.

Published in Journal of Materials Research and Technology

ISSN: 2238-7854 (Print); 2214-0697 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Technology: Mining engineering. Metallurgy
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-materials-research-and-technology/

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