Green Synthesis ZnO/TiO2 for High Recyclability Rapid Sunlight Photodegradation Textile Dyes Applications
Abstract Composite ZnO/TiO2 have been successfully synthesized by green synthesis method with various calcination temperature 500oC, 600oC, 700oC, and 800oC (TiO2 concentrations: 2.5 g and 5 g) for photocatalyst application. In this study, Calopogonium mucunoides leaf extract was used as reducing and stabilizing agent. The synthesized composites were characterized by using Fourier Transform Infra-Red (FTIR), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), and UV-Visible spectroscopy. The XRD spectra shows the hexagonal phase with wurtzite structure of ZnO and anatase for TiO2. The best degradation performance is 98.26% (only 10 min) for ZnO/TiO2 (5 g) with calcination temperature is 800oC. This is due to the highest distance between two optical phonon mode Δ(LO-TO) and lowest attenuating and propagating constant. The composite ZnO/TiO2 shows high potentials photodegradation of organic dyes with the high stable recyclability up to 5 cycles (> 95%) only for every 15 minutes. High potentials for applicability with the concept environmentally friendly principles and stability for circular chemistry, and efficiency of use the energy and chemicals.