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HERO ID
4335683
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Influence of CuO morphology on the enhanced catalytic degradation of methylene blue and methyl orange
Author(s)
Deka, P; Hazarika, A; Deka, RC; Bharali, P
Year
2016
Is Peer Reviewed?
1
Journal
RSC Advances
EISSN:
2046-2069
Volume
6
Issue
97
Page Numbers
95292-95305
DOI
10.1039/c6ra20173c
Web of Science Id
WOS:000385632400119
Abstract
In this work, CuO nanostructures of different morphologies were synthesized via a precursor mediated, two step hydrothermal method. The as obtained CuO nanostructures were systematically characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, Fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, micro-Raman spectroscopy, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller N-2 adsorption-desorption analysis and UV-visible spectroscopy. The results reveal that the CuO nanostructures are monoclinic, with definite morphologies, and they were employed for the catalytic degradation of cationic and anionic dyes in the presence of H2O2. The CuO nanostructures exhibit different efficiencies and rates towards the degradation reactions by the changing of the morphologies. Moreover, the effects of catalyst dosage and reaction temperature were also addressed in dye degradation reactions. The results imply that the increasing temperature led to higher reaction rates and efficacy. The kinetic data reveals that the process of degradation of the dyes was modeled by the pseudo-first-order kinetics involving adsorption and redox reaction. All the thermodynamic parameters, including activation energy (E-a), enthalpy (Delta H-#), entropy (Delta S-#) and free energy (Delta G(#)) of activation were calculated for the oxidation reaction. The generation of reactive (OH)-O-center dot from the homolytic cleavage of H2O2 was activated by the Cu2+ ions. The nanostructures also show good recyclability and high stability, up to the fifth cycle of the degradation reaction. Further, the degradation of dyes was confirmed by the FTIR analysis.
Keywords
; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Gibbs free energy; Raman spectroscopy; X-ray diffraction; activation energy; adsorption; catalysts; copper; cupric oxide; enthalpy; entropy; homolytic cleavage; hot water treatment; hydrogen peroxide; hydroxyl radicals; ions; methyl orange; methylene blue; nanomaterials; nitrogen; oxidation; scanning electron microscopy; temperature; transmission electron microscopy; ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy/
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