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Effect of Various Ionic Surfactants Mediated ZrO2 Nanostructures and Their Structural, Morphological and Optical Properties Under UV Irradiation

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Structural, compositional, morphological, optical and photocatalytic activity of ZrO2 nanostructures were investigated via co-precipitation method (CPM) using various surfactants such as, polysorbate-80 (non-ionic), CTAB (cationic), SDS (anionic). The synthesized samples were characterized by the powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDX), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Selected Area Electron Diffraction (SAED) and Ultraviolet–Visible Spectroscopy (UV–Visible) studies. The crystal structure, diffraction planes, peak broadening, crystallite size and lattice strain were observed for the ZrO2 samples using PXRD. The functional groups were identified by the FTIR studies. The different morphologies were predicted from the SEM studies, such as spherical (Polysorbate-80), hexagonal (CTAB) and nanorod (SDS), respectively. The absorption spectra were presented in UV region and the optical bandgap energies were found to be 3.67 (P-80), 4.05 (CTAB) and 4.42 eV (SDS), respectively. The degradation process of CTAB and SDS mediated ZrO2 samples were comparatively investigated under UV illumination. In addition, the photocatalytic mechanism is also studied.

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Mekala, R., Rajendran, V. Effect of Various Ionic Surfactants Mediated ZrO2 Nanostructures and Their Structural, Morphological and Optical Properties Under UV Irradiation. J Inorg Organomet Polym 27, 1950–1958 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-017-0654-1

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