physica status solidi (a),
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
220(23)
Published: Oct. 4, 2023
These
days,
the
removal
of
dissolved
organics
from
industrial
waste
water
is
a
foremost
challenge
to
scientific
community
attain
conservation
aqueous
ecosystem.
The
present
work
emphasizes
photocatalytic
degradation
dye,
that
is,
Amaranth
using
Fe‐doped
ZnO
(Fe‐ZnO)
nanoparticles.
formation
wurtzite
phase
bare
and
Fe‐ZnO
materials
fabricated
by
solvothermal
route
confirmed
XRD
Fourier‐transform
infrared
spectroscopy,
whereas
scanning
electron
microscopy
morphological
investigations
reveal
coral‐like
granular
particles.
bandgap
energies
synthesized
are
observed
be
shifted
blue
region
on
gradual
Fe
doping,
indicating
suitability
material
for
photocatalysis.
activity
as‐synthesized
evaluated
under
sunlight
mercury
lamp
light,
wherein
6%
shows
more
than
98%
dye
within
80
min
in
sunlight.
kinetic
studies
pseudo‐first‐order
reaction
with
rate
constant
0.0114
−1
effects
catalyst
loading,
light
source,
stability
photocatalyst
also
explored
along
proposed
photogenerated
free
radical‐based
mechanism.
