Photo-Assisted Removal of Rhodamine B and Nile Blue Dyes from Water Using CuO-SiO₂ Composite.

ABSTRACT: Wastewater from the textile industries contaminates the natural water and affects the aquatic environment, soil fertility and biological ecosystem through discharge of different hazardous effluents. Therefore, it is essential to remove such dissolved toxic materials from water by applying more efficient techniques. We performed a comparative study on the removal of rhodamine B (RhB) and Nile blue (NB) from water through a catalytic/photocatalytic approach while using a CuO-SiO₂ based nanocomposite. The CuO-SiO₂ nanocomposite was synthesized through a sol-gel process using copper nitrate dihydrate and tetraethylorthosilicate as CuO and SiO₂ precursors, respectively, with ammonia solution as the precipitating agent. The synthesized nanocomposites were charact

SUBMITTER: Yaseen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9413644 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature