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Effect of nitrogen-doping on photo-catalytic activity of polypyrrole/zinc oxide/flyash cenosphere (PPY/ZnO/FAC) composite under visible light

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Ternary composites of polypyrrole/zinc oxide/flyash cenosphere (PPY/ZnO/FAC) and polypyrrole/nitrogen doped-zinc oxide/flyash cenosphere (PPY/N-ZnO/FAC) were synthesized. Effect of nitrogen doping on photo-catalytic activity was studied by doping ZnO. The composite was fabricated in situ by adding ZnO/FAC into pyrrole during polymerization. NH4NO3 was used as a source of nitrogen to dope ZnO. The main objective of this experiment was to improve the efficiency of ZnO as a photo-catalyst. The composites were characterized by using X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and photo-catalytic studies. XPS curve depicted the presence of nitrogen at binding energy in range of ~396–415 eV in N-ZnO/FAC/PPY composite. The lower energy peaks at ~396.8 eV of nitrogen in the composite confirmed the doping of ZnO with nitrogen. Shift in XRD (X-ray diffraction) peaks of the composites towards lower angle confirms the incorporation of nitrogen into ZnO lattice. HRTEM studies showed spherical morphology of ZnO and N doped ZnO with crystal size 6–10 and 13–14 nm respectively. N ZnO/FAC/PPY composite showed the highest photo-degradation efficiency under visible light of 76.8% with rate constant value of 0.0067 min− 1.

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The authors would like to thank MNIT, Jaipur for providing XPS facility and GGSIP University for the financial support in the form of the Indraprastha Research Fellowship (IPRF).

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Dagar, A., Narula, A.K. Effect of nitrogen-doping on photo-catalytic activity of polypyrrole/zinc oxide/flyash cenosphere (PPY/ZnO/FAC) composite under visible light. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 28, 8643–8654 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-017-6588-0

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