Sono-and photocatalytic activities of SnO2 nanoparticles for degradation of cationic and anionic dyes

Valentinus Paramarta, Ardiansyah Taufik, Lusitra Munisa, Rosari Saleh

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Abstract

The current research work focuses on the catalytic activity of SnO2 nanoparticles (NPs) against degradation of both cationic dye (methylene blue) and anionic dye (Congo-red). SnO2 NPs were synthesized under the sol-gel method and were characterized by performing X-ray diffraction, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Brunauer-Emmet-Teller (BET) surface area analysis and UV-Vis spectroscopy. The results demonstrate that SnO2 NPs has well crystalline structure with the crystallite size of 44 nm. The degradation of dyes was studied under ambient temperature using ultrasonicator and UV light, respectively. The sono-and photocatalytic activities of SnO2 NPs on dyes were analyzed by measuring the change in absorbance of dyes under UV-spectrophotometer. The degradation of the organic dyes has been calculated by monitoring the degradation in the concentration of the dyes before and after irradiation of ultrasonic and light, respectively. The influence of other parameters such as catalyst dosage, pH and scavenger have also been investigated. The catalytic activity is enhanced in the presence of ultrasonic irradiation. The degradation of both dyes follows pseudo-first order kinetics. The reusability tests have also been done to ensure the stability of the used catalysts. A reasonable mechanism of sono-and photocatalysis with SnO2 NPs has been proposed by correlating the active radical species involved with the physical properties of the as-synthesized samples.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Conference on Engineering, Science and Nanotechnology 2016, ICESNANO 2016
EditorsBudi Kristiawan, Agung Tri Wijayanta, Dominicus Danardono, Budi Santoso, Miftahul Anwar, Triyono, Syamsul Hadi, Joko Triyono, Eko Surojo, Dody Ariawan, Ubaidillah, Suyitno, Nurul Muhayat
PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9780735414525
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 3 Jan 2017
Event1st International Conference on Engineering, Science and Nanotechnology 2016, ICESNANO 2016 - Solo, Indonesia
Duration: 3 Aug 20165 Aug 2016

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1788
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference1st International Conference on Engineering, Science and Nanotechnology 2016, ICESNANO 2016
Country/TerritoryIndonesia
CitySolo
Period3/08/165/08/16

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