Beilstein J. Nanotechnol.2017,8, 1167–1173, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.118
, University of Twente, 7500 AE, Enschede, Netherlands 10.3762/bjnano.8.118 Abstract We report enhanced catalytic activity of CuOnanopetals synthesized by microwave-assisted wet chemical synthesis. The catalytic reaction of CuOnanopetals and H2O2 was studied with the application of external light source and
also under dark conditions for the degradation of the hazardous dye methylene blue. The CuOnanopetals showed significant catalytic activity for the fast degradation of methylene blue and rhodamine B (RhB) under dark conditions, without the application of an external light source. This increased
conditions is also illustrated.
Keywords: CuOnanopetals; dark catalytic activity; fast degradation of dyes; microwave synthesis; Introduction
Controlling air quality and water pollutants is a big challenge for environmental research [1]. Particularly, efforts have been taken to control these pollutants
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Figure 1:
(a) XRD patterns of CuO nanomaterials synthesized by varying the reaction duration of 5 min, 10 min...