Marcony Surya R, Mauliddiyah S, Bagus Apriandanu DO, Yulizar Y. SmMnO
3-decorated ZnO in a hexane-water interface for enhancing visible light-driven photocatalytic degradation of malachite green.
CHEMOSPHERE 2022;
304:135125. [PMID:
35643164 DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135125]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2022] [Revised: 05/01/2022] [Accepted: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Malachite green (MG) contributes to water contamination because its accumulation adversely impacts aquatic systems. For the first time, we prepare a high photoresponse of ZnO/SmMnO3 heterojunction via a high-speed stirring method at the nonpolar-polar interface assisted by Alstonia scholaris leaves extract (ASLE) as natural hydrolyzing and stabilizing agents. The heterojunction formation boosts the photocatalytic activity of ZnO up to 91.74% under visible light irradiation. Photoluminescence analysis confirmed that modification with SmMnO3 increases the separation of photogenerated charges and plummets the recombination rates of electron-holes, which induces high photodegradation of MG. With 3 mg of catalyst, the %TOC removal efficiency for MG degradation over ZnO/SmMnO3 was found to be 53.09%, which is higher than that over ZnO. The kinetics model for the photocatalytic reaction was a pseudo-first-order with excellent stability in four consecutive cycles with no structural change. The radical trapping experiment suggests that h+ was the major species in the MG photodegradation reaction. Additionally, morphology and elemental analyses clearly present the formation of ZnO/SmMnO3 heterojunction without any impurities. The current research demonstrates a simple and advanced technique to design heterojunction photocatalyst at the interface of hexane-water.
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