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Fructose modified synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles and its application for removal of industrial pollutants from water

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This research work is an effort towards the purification of industrially polluted water for the savage of the environmental system. Optimized fructose modified ZnO nanoparticles were used as adsorbent as well as a photocatalyst for the removal of dyes from polluted water. Textile synthetic dyes were used as model pollutants. Structural and optical properties of the synthesized fructose modified ZnO nanoparticles were analyzed using XRD, SEM, TEM, and UV–Vis spectrophotometer. Wurtzite hexagonal phase with the quasi-spherical shape of diameter 14–40 nm of fructose modified ZnO nanoparticles were obtained by optimizing various reaction parameters. As compared to the bulk, fructose modified ZnO nanoparticles show a blue shift in the excitation absorption; confirming quantum confinement. The effect of pH, time, and initial dye concentration was investigated on the dye removal efficiency of the synthesized fructose modified ZnO nanoparticles. Through the kinetic study of dye removal, it has been observed that the adsorption and photodegradation phenomenon followed pseudo-first order kinetics.

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This work was supported by lab facilities at Desh Bhagat University, Mandi Gobindgarh-Punjab, Thapar University, Patiala-Punjab, SGGSWU, Fatehgarh Sahib-Punjab and SAIF/CIL Panjab University, Chandigarh.

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  1. Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Fatehgarh Sahib, 140406, India

    Gurjinder Singh

  2. Department of Nanotechnology, Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab, 140406, India

    Jagpreet Singh, Deepak Kukkar & Mohit Rawat

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab, 140406, India

    Sukhwinder Singh Jolly

  4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, 136119, India

    Rohit Rawat

  5. Department of Physics, Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab, 140406, India

    Sanjeev Kumar

  6. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, 147004, India

    Soumen Basu

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Singh, G., Singh, J., Jolly, S.S. et al. Fructose modified synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles and its application for removal of industrial pollutants from water. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 29, 7364–7371 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-018-8726-8

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