One-pot preparation of CdO/ZnO core/shell nanofibers: An efficient photocatalyst

Ibrahim M. Maafa; Abdullah M. Al-Enizi; Ahmed Abutaleb; Nasser I. Zouli; Mohd Ubaidullah; Shoyebmohamad F. Shaikh; Mohammed A. Al-Abdrabalnabi; Ayman Yousef

Alexandria Engineering Journal (Feb 2021)

One-pot preparation of CdO/ZnO core/shell nanofibers: An efficient photocatalyst

Ibrahim M. Maafa,
Abdullah M. Al-Enizi,
Ahmed Abutaleb,
Nasser I. Zouli,
Mohd Ubaidullah,
Shoyebmohamad F. Shaikh,
Mohammed A. Al-Abdrabalnabi,
Ayman Yousef

Affiliations

Ibrahim M. Maafa: Department of Chemical Engineering, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia
Abdullah M. Al-Enizi: Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; Corresponding authors at: Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia (Abdullah M. Al-Enizi); Department of Mathematics and Physics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at Mataria, Helwan University, Cairo 11718, Egypt (A. Yousef).
Ahmed Abutaleb: Department of Chemical Engineering, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia
Nasser I. Zouli: Department of Chemical Engineering, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia
Mohd Ubaidullah: Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
Shoyebmohamad F. Shaikh: Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
Mohammed A. Al-Abdrabalnabi: Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
Ayman Yousef: Department of Chemical Engineering, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia; Department of Mathematics and Physics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at Mataria, Helwan University, Cairo 11718, Egypt; Corresponding authors at: Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia (Abdullah M. Al-Enizi); Department of Mathematics and Physics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at Mataria, Helwan University, Cairo 11718, Egypt (A. Yousef).

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 60, no. 1
pp. 1819 – 1826

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Herein, CdO/ZnO core/shell nanofibers (NFs) were fabricated by one-pot electrospinning technique form a solution composed of poly(vinyl alcohol), zinc acetate dihydrate, and cadmium acetate dihydrate. CdO/ZnO core/shell NFs exhibits an excellent photo-degradation of methylene blue (MB) under sunlight irradiation compared to pristine ZnO NFs. As 98.4% and 42.4% of MB dye was de-colorized during 210 min using CdO/ZnO core/shell NFs and pristine ZnO NFs, respectively. The photo-degradation reaction of MB with CdO/ZnO core/shell NFs followed the pseudo-first-order relation.

Published in Alexandria Engineering Journal

ISSN: 1110-0168 (Print); 2090-2670 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Egypt
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/alexandria-engineering-journal/

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