Sonochemical synthesis of holmium doped zinc oxide nanoparticles: Characterization, sonocatalysis of reactive orange 29 and kinetic study

Alireza Khataee*, Shabnam Saadi, Behrouz Vahid, Sang Woo Joo

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Abstract

The sonochemically synthesized Ho-doped ZnO nanoparticles were characterized by XRD, SEM, TEM, and XPS techniques. The sonocatalytic degradation of Reactive Orange 29 (RO29) was greater than that with sonolysis alone. DE% declines with the addition of chloride, carbonate, sulfate, and tert-butanol as radical scavengers. Addition of potassium periodate, peroxydisulfate, and hydrogen peroxide as enhancers improves DE%. The results demonstrate proper reusability of the doped sonocatalyst. Degradation intermediates were identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Using nonlinear regression analysis, an empirical kinetic model was developed to predict the pseudo-first-order constants (kapp) as a function of the operational parameters.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)167-176
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
Volume35
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Mar 2016
Externally publishedYes

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry.

Keywords

  • Kinetic modeling
  • Nanocatalyst
  • Reactive Orange 29
  • Sonication
  • Sonocatalyst

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