Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters)

, Volume 31, Issue 5, pp 533–546 | Cite as

Fast Degradation of Green Pollutants Through Nanonets and Nanofibers of the Al-Doped Zinc Oxide

  • Osama Saber
  • Haifa Alomair
  • Mohamed Abu-Abdeen
  • Abdullah Aljaafari
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Abstract

In this study, series of nanolayered structures of Zn–Al LDHs were prepared by urea hydrolysis. Nanofibers and nanonets of the Al-doped ZnO were formed via the decomposition of the nanolayers under high pressure and temperature. Nanospheres were also prepared for comparison. The different morphologies of the prepared nanomaterials were confirmed by several techniques. An improvement for the optical properties of the doped zinc oxides was observed through narrowing of their band gap energies because of transforming the nanolayers to nanonets and nanofibers. The photocatalytic activities of the prepared nanomaterials were studied through photocatalytic degradation of the pollutants of acid green dyes. Complete decolorization and mineralization of green dyes happened in the presence of the nanolayers and nanospheres within 4–6 h, while the nanonets and the nanofibers achieved the complete decolorization and degradation of the dyes at shorter time 1.3 h. These results could be explained though the kinetic study of the photocatalytic degradation of dyes. It was concluded that the nanonets and the nanofibers were very effective for the photocatalytic degradation of pollutants.

Keywords

Al-doped ZnO nanolayers Nanofibers Nanonets Band gap energy Photocatalytic degradation Acid green dyes pollutants 
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Acknowledgements

The authors thank the Deanship of Scientific Research in King Faisal University (Saudi Arabia) for funding and providing the facilities required for this research as a part of Annual Research Grants Program (No. 170047).

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Osama Saber
    • 1
    • 2
  • Haifa Alomair
    • 3
  • Mohamed Abu-Abdeen
    • 1
  • Abdullah Aljaafari
    • 1
  1. 1.Faculty of ScienceKing Faisal UniversityAl-HasaSaudi Arabia
  2. 2.Egyptian Petroleum Research InstituteNasr City, CairoEgypt
  3. 3.Ministry of EducationAl-HasaSaudi Arabia

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