SYNTHESIS OF Fe DOPED ZnO COMPOSITE WITH SULPHUR DOPED GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDE AND THEIR POTENTIAL APPLICATION
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2019
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UMT.Lahore
Abstract
Increasing population of the world is facing challenge of insufficient clean water
because of threats coming from high demand of clean water and lower supply. So in
order to overcome the contamination of water by dyes, huge work has been done. In
this study Fe-ZnO composite with Sulphur doped g-C3N4 have been synthesized.The
optical properties of ZnO photocatalyst were enhanced with different percent doping
concentrations of Fe+3. Fe doped ZnO nanoparticles were synthesized with no use of
surfactant or capping agent through sol gel method and combustion method was used
to synthesize S doped g-C3N4. The synthesized composite shows better methylene blue
dye (MB) degradation than ZnO and Fe-ZnO in visible region of light. Composite
photocatalytic activity is determined from UV-vis spectrum and can be seen in the
graph. It can be used to treat effluent containing colorants and other contaminants
coming from textile, paint, paper industries etc. Composite is excellent candidate for
dye and other contaminant removal. Synthesized Composite is characterized by using
the FTIR technique and peaks confirm the composite (Fe-ZnO/S doped g-C3N4 )
formation and photocatalytic activity was comparison from UV-Vis data.