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dc.contributor.authorKadam V.V.
dc.contributor.authorShanmugam S.D.
dc.contributor.authorEttiyappan J.P.
dc.contributor.authorBalakrishnan R.M.
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-05T10:27:52Z-
dc.date.available2021-05-05T10:27:52Z-
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationEnvironmental Science and Pollution Research Vol. 28 , 10 , p. 12119 - 12130en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-10833-w
dc.identifier.urihttp://idr.nitk.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/15743-
dc.description.abstractThe present work deals with the photocatalytic degradation of p-nitrophenol as it is a United States Environmental Protection Agency-listed priority pollutant and has adverse environmental and health effects. To eradicate the detrimental environmental impact of p-nitrophenol, the biologically synthesized ZnO nanoparticles were used as a photocatalyst. The degradation of p-nitrophenol was confirmed by decreasing the absorbance value at a characteristic wavelength of 317 nm using the UV-vis spectrophotometer. Reaction parameters such as ZnO photocatalyst concentration of 0.1 g/L at pH 11 in the presence of H2O2 (5 mM) were found to be optimum conditions for p-nitrophenol degradation. The photocatalytic degradation was slowly enhanced in the presence of H2O2 as an electron acceptor. The kinetics of nitrophenol degradation was studied, which follows the pseudo-first-order reaction. The photocatalytic degradation of p-nitrophenol was characterized by using total organic carbon, chemical oxygen demand, and high-performance liquid chromatography analyses. This method is found to be effective as it is environmentally friendly, free of toxic chemicals. © 2020, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.en_US
dc.titlePhotocatalytic degradation of p-nitrophenol using biologically synthesized ZnO nanoparticlesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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