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Crude water extract of the ground longan seeds which have been disposed in a large amount annually in Northern Thailand has been used in a simple and rapid microwave synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles. The particles were characterized by the UV-vis spectroscopy, Fourier-transformed infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, electron diffraction, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy and revealed to be pure hexagonal phase. Influences of zinc precursor in the extract, microwave power, and irradiation time on particle sizes were studied. The use of 800 W and 30 cycles of the microwave irradiation provided the ZnO particles of 10–100 nm in size with an active surface area, a band gap energy, and a zero-point charge of 35 m2·g−1, 3.42 eV, and pH 7.7, respectively, after the calcination. Photocatalytic efficiencies of the synthesized particles were evaluated through the decolorization of methylene blue, malachite green, methyl orange, and orange II, and proved to be on par with commercially available titanium dioxide (Arroxide®P-25) under the same conditions. The use of the longan seeds biowaste as a sustainable supply of natural reagents for the green synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles which can be employed further for waste water treatment of the local textile dyeing industry is therefore presented.
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C. Chankaew thanks the Rajamangala University of Technology Isan and the Graduate School of Chiang Mai University for the graduate scholarships.
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This work is funded by the TRF Distinguished Research Professor Award (DPG6080002) and the Higher Education Research Promotion of the Office of the Higher Education Commission.
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Chankaew, C., Tapala, W., Grudpan, K. et al. Microwave synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles using longan seeds biowaste and their efficiencies in photocatalytic decolorization of organic dyes. Environ Sci Pollut Res 26, 17548–17554 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-05099-w
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