Environmentally friendly photoactive heterojunction zinc tin oxide nanoparticles. Issue 2 (1st February 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ivetić, T.B.; Finčur, N.L.; Abramović, B.F.; Dimitrievska, M.; Štrbac, G.R.; Čajko, K.O.; Miljević, B.B.; Đačanin, Lj.R.; Lukić-Petrović, S.R.
• Is Part Of: Ceramics international. Volume 42:Issue 2:Part B(2016)
• Page Start: 3575
• Page End: 3583
• Publication Date: 2016-02-01
• Subjects: A. Powders: solid state reaction -- B. Spectroscopy -- Photodegradation -- Amitriptyline; Ceramics -- Periodicals; Céramique industrielle -- Périodiques; Ceramics; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 666
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2015.10.169
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0272-8842

Abstract

Abstract: Heterojunction zinc tin oxide (ZnO/SnO2 ) nanoparticles were prepared using a top–down traditional solid-state method; mechanical grinding followed by annealing, and characterized by X-ray diffraction, multi-wavelength excitation Raman scattering, scanning electron microscopy, diffuse reflectance and photoluminescence spectroscopy. The photocatalytic degradation kinetics of amitriptyline in the presence of the obtained ZnO/SnO2 nanoparticles under simulated solar and UVA irradiation was determined and used as a model reaction for understanding the photocatalytic mechanism when such mixed oxide semiconductors are used in removing the pharmaceutically active compounds from wastewaters.