Green Synthesis of Ce2Zr2O7 Nanocomposite for the Photocatalytic Application

Abstract

To synthesis Ce based ZrO nanocomposites via., green synthesis method. The synthesized activated carbon ZrO2, AC/Ce2Zr2O7 were characterized various analytical techniques such as XRD, FT-IR, SEM-EDS and UV-DRS. The crystalline sizes of the synthesized activated carbon ZrO2, AC/Ce2Zr2O7 are 24.2, 29.4 and 36.7 nm, respectively. The morphologies of prepared materials were investigated using SEM, it was discovered that Activated carbon, ZrO2, AC/Ce2Zr2O7 nanocomposite showed sheet, agglomerated and spherical shapes. UV-DRS analysis is used to determine the bandgap of the synthesized activated carbon ZrO2, AC/Ce2Zr2O7 was found to be 3.7 and 3.4 eV, respectively. The materials were used as a catalyst for the photodegrading of methylene blue dye and the Ce2/Zr2O7 material highly degrading the dye molecules up to 88.2%.