Construction of Ternary Photocatalyst of Cu/ZnO/BN with Enrich the Photocatalytic Activity Driven by Visible Light Irradiation for Degradation of RhB-MO Mixture and Amoxicillin

• Published in: Journal of inorganic and organometallic polymers and materials 2023-07, Vol.33 (7), p.2075-2092
• Main Authors: Sount harya, Sivasubramanian, Jones, Benjamin Moses Filip, Muthuraj, Velluchamy, Swaminathan, Karuthapandian
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Amoxicillin; Catalytic activity; Chemical composition; Chemistry; Chemistry and Materials Science; Composite materials; Current carriers; Dyes; Inorganic Chemistry; Light; Light irradiation; Mixtures; Nanocomposites; Nanoparticles; Organic Chemistry; Photocatalysis; Photocatalysts; Photodegradation; Pollutants; Polymer Sciences; Rhodamine; Wastewater; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy; Zinc oxide
• ISSN: 1574-1443; 1574-1451
• DOI: 10.1007/s10904-023-02621-z

In this chores the active ternary photocatalyst of Cu/ZnO/BN were mainly account for the removal of organic pollutants from waste water and also degrade the industrial wastage of organic pollutant such as drugs, dyes and pesticides. The Cu/ZnO/BN was synthesized by the simple precipitation method followed by ultra-sonication method. On that occasion the photocatalyst were characterized by various tools including XRD, XPS, UV–Vis-DRS, SEM- EDS, TEM, PL and EIS to explore the crystallinity, chemical composition, band gap, surface morphology, recombination effect and electrochemical impedance were deliberated. The different weight percentage of Cu loading (x = 3, 5 and 7%) were obtained. Especially 5% Cu/ZnO/BN photocatalyst has enhance the photocatalytic activity and also it was optimized one compared to other single and composite material which was confirmed by the photocatalytic degradation of Amoxicillin (AMX) and individual as well as together dye solution of Rhodamine-B (RhB) and Methyl orange (MO). The organic pollutants were degraded under by visible light illumination on 5% Cu/ZnO/BN photocatalyst. Interestingly 40 mg of the catalyst and 10 mg/L concentration were optimized condition for the essential photocatalytic degradation of AMX and mixture of dye solution of RhB and MO followed by ( . OH) radical has the most active species were also determined by using the trapping experiments. The combination between the Cu nanoparticles, ZnO and BN resulting in the lower recombination of photo induced charge carriers with escalation of the photocatalytic activity. Hence, this work implies that the combo of 5% Cu/ZnO/BN nanocomposite is the new platform for the degradation of organic pollutants.