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Gel-combustion-synthesized ZnO nanoparticles for visible light-assisted photocatalytic hydrogen generation

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Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) synthesized by the gel combustion technique using a bio-fuel, cassava starch (root tubers of Manihot esculenta), have been characterized by various techniques. The X-ray diffraction pattern reveals hexagonal wurtzite structure. The particle size averaged around 45 nm with an excellent band gap of 2.5 eV. The scanning electron and transmission electron microscopic images confirm the ZnO NPs to be agglomerated with loop- and chain-like morphology. The ZnO NPs prepared by this method is a promising candidate for photocatalytic hydrogen generation (41 μmol h−1 g−1) under UV light illumination and (140 μmol h−1 g−1) under visible light illumination.

ZnO nanaoparticles for Hydrogen generation

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Acknowledgement

T N Ravishankar acknowledges CNPq–TWAS for the fellowship. The authors acknowledge Dr K Manjunath, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, for XPS and Raman spectra and Ms K R Chethana, Jain University, and Ms B Hemavathi, Jain University, for their help in carrying out quantum yield experiment.

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  1. Centre for Nano and Material Sciences, Jain University, Jain Global Campus, Bangalore, 562112, India

    ALAMELU K RAMASAMI, T N RAVISHANKAR, G NAGARAJU, T RAMAKRISHNAPPA & R GEETHA BALAKRISHNA

  2. Laboratory of Thin Films and Nanostructure Fabrication (L3F nano) Institute of Physics, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Avenida Bento Gonçalves, Post Box 9500, Porto Alegre, 91.501-970, Brazil

    T N RAVISHANKAR & SERGIO RIBEIRO TEIXEIRA

  3. Department of Chemistry, Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur, 572103, India

    G NAGARAJU

  4. Department of Chemistry, Dayananda Sagar Academy of Technology and Management, Udayapura, Bangalore, 560082, India

    T RAMAKRISHNAPPA

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RAMASAMI, A.K., RAVISHANKAR, T.N., NAGARAJU, G. et al. Gel-combustion-synthesized ZnO nanoparticles for visible light-assisted photocatalytic hydrogen generation. Bull Mater Sci 40, 345–354 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12034-017-1372-6

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