Investigation of the photocatalytic potential of C/N-co-doped ZnO nanorods produced via a mechano-thermal process.

ABSTRACT: Doping in pure materials causes vital alterations in opto-electrical and physicochemical characteristics, which enable the produced doped material to be highly efficient and effective. The current work focused on the synthesis of C/N-co-doped-ZnO nanorods via a facile, eco-friendly, and solvent-free mechano-thermal approach. The synthesized C/N-co-doped ZnO nanorods were employed for the photocatalytic decay of methylene blue (MB) and brilliant cresyl blue (BCB) dyes, and their degradation capability was compared with that of pure ZnO nanoparticles prepared via a precipitation approach. The FESEM findings confirmed the formation of rod-shaped nanostructures of co-doped ZnO nanoparticles, and EDX and XPS results revealed the successful doping of C and N atoms in ZnO lattices.

SUBMITTER: Meena PL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11744485 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature