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International Journal of Biological Chemistry

Year: 2018 | Volume: 12 | Issue: 1 | Page No.: 1-7
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Kalimuthu Hemalatha

Arumugam Manivel

Moorthy Saravana Kumar

Shanmugavadivelu Chandra Mohan

Shanmugavadivelu Chandra Mohan

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Synthesis and Characterization of Sn/ZnO Nanoparticles for Removal of Organic Dye and Heavy Metal

Kalimuthu Hemalatha
Department of Chemistry, Saraswathi Narayanan College, Perungudi, 625022 Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Arumugam Manivel
Department of Chemistry, Saraswathi Narayanan College, Perungudi, 625022 Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Moorthy Saravana Kumar
Department of Chemistry, Saraswathi Narayanan College, Perungudi, 625022 Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Shanmugavadivelu Chandra Mohan
Division of Phytochemistry, Shanmuga Centre for Medicinal Plants Research, 613007 Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
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Background and Objective: Environmental pollution from human activities is a major challenge of civilization today. This study aimed to use Sn doped ZnO nanoaprticles for the purification polluted water from dye and heavy metal. Materials and Methods: The Sn doped ZnO nanoparticles have been synthesized using a simple chemical method and characterized by XRD, SEM and AFM. The degradation efficiency of Sn/ZnO nanoparticles was studied against methyl orange dye along with Cr(VI) by using a UV-vis spectrophotometer (Sl-210 Double Beam UV Visible Spectrophotometer (Elico)). Results: The results demonstrated that the photocatalyst was efficient at 200 mg L–1, the maximum amount of degradation (80.2 %) have been observed for MO/Cr(VI) after 2 h. Conclusion: The photocatalytic performance of the Sn/ZnO nanoparticles was stable after the nanoparticles were reused 5 times. The photocatalytic ability of the Sn-doped ZnO film allowed the development of a low cost, high efficiency and environmentally friendly material for water treatment applications using sunlight.
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Kalimuthu Hemalatha, Arumugam Manivel, Moorthy Saravana Kumar and Shanmugavadivelu Chandra Mohan, 2018. Synthesis and Characterization of Sn/ZnO Nanoparticles for Removal of Organic Dye and Heavy Metal. International Journal of Biological Chemistry, 12: 1-7.

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