Effect of Zinc Acetate Concentration on Optimization of Photocatalytic Activity of p-Co₃O₄/n-ZnO Heterostructures.

ABSTRACT: In this work, p-Co₃O₄/n-ZnO heterostructures were fabricated on Ni substrate by hydrothermal-decomposition method using cobaltous nitrate hexahydrate (Co(NO₃)₂·6H₂O) and zinc acetate dihydrate (Zn(CH₃COO)₂·2H₂O) as precursors with zinc acetate concentration varying from 5.0 to 55.0 mM. Structure and morphology of the developed samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Effect of zinc acetate concentration on the photocatalytic activity of p-Co₃O₄/n-ZnO heterostructures was investigated by degradation of methyl orange (MO) under the UV light irradiation. The fabricated p-Co₃O₄/n-ZnO heteros

SUBMITTER: Xu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6033848 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature