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Ag/RGO Photocatalyst for Methyl Orange Treatment

Published:2022-03-14 Issue: Volume:1056 Page:119-125
ISSN:1662-9752
Container-title:Materials Science Forum
language:
Short-container-title:MSF

Author:

Mun Wai Hong¹,Abdul Halim Noramirulikram¹,Khatun Fatema¹,Abd Aziz Azrina¹

Affiliation:

1. Universiti Malaysia Pahang

Abstract

In present study, a simple chemical method for the synthesis of silver-reduced graphene oxide (AG/RGO) nanocomposite was reported. The objective is to evaluate the performance of AG/RGO in photocatalytic degradation activity of methyl orange (MO) under artificial visible light source. The synthesized catalyst was then characterized using field emissions scanning electron microscope with energy dispersive X-Ray spectroscope (FESEM-EDX), photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL) and UV-visible spectroscope (UV-VIS) to determine the morphology, physical and chemical composition of the photocatalyst. The characterization results show the synthesized catalyst possess nanometre dimension silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were deposited on reduced graphene oxide sheets. The photocatalytic activity of 0.3 g AG/RGO obtained through the degradation of 5 mg/l MO is 93.74% with a degradation rate of 3.1 × 10-2 min-1.

Publisher

Trans Tech Publications, Ltd.

Subject

Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,Condensed Matter Physics,General Materials Science

Link

https://www.scientific.net/MSF.1056.119.pdf

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