Abstract
Zinc oxide nanoparticles were synthesized via the sol-gel method. The structures of the obtained nanoparticles were investigated by X-ray diffraction. The photocatalytic degradation of chlorophenolic compounds, namely 2-chlorophenol (CP), 2,4-dichlorophenol (DCP) and 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (TCP), was carried out using ZnO nanoparticles under solar intensity of 20-26 W m -2. The photocatalytic degradation efficiency of TCP < DCP < CP was found. The adsorption energies of the chlorophenolic compounds with ZnO catalyst were calculated from quantum chemical molecular dynamic model and found to increase in the order of TCP < DCP < CP.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 995-1005 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Research on Chemical Intermediates |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 3-5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2012 |
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Keywords
- Adsorption energy
- Fukui indices
- Molecular dynamic
- Photocatalytic
- ZnO
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Chemistry(all)
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Photodegradation of chlorophenolic compounds using zinc oxide as photocatalyst : Experimental and theoretical studies. / Musa, Ahmed Y.; Ba-Abbad, Muneer M.; Kadhum, Abdul Amir H.; Mohamad, Abu Bakar.
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T1 - Photodegradation of chlorophenolic compounds using zinc oxide as photocatalyst
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AU - Musa, Ahmed Y.
AU - Ba-Abbad, Muneer M.
AU - Kadhum, Abdul Amir H.
AU - Mohamad, Abu Bakar
PY - 2012/3
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N2 - Zinc oxide nanoparticles were synthesized via the sol-gel method. The structures of the obtained nanoparticles were investigated by X-ray diffraction. The photocatalytic degradation of chlorophenolic compounds, namely 2-chlorophenol (CP), 2,4-dichlorophenol (DCP) and 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (TCP), was carried out using ZnO nanoparticles under solar intensity of 20-26 W m -2. The photocatalytic degradation efficiency of TCP < DCP < CP was found. The adsorption energies of the chlorophenolic compounds with ZnO catalyst were calculated from quantum chemical molecular dynamic model and found to increase in the order of TCP < DCP < CP.
AB - Zinc oxide nanoparticles were synthesized via the sol-gel method. The structures of the obtained nanoparticles were investigated by X-ray diffraction. The photocatalytic degradation of chlorophenolic compounds, namely 2-chlorophenol (CP), 2,4-dichlorophenol (DCP) and 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (TCP), was carried out using ZnO nanoparticles under solar intensity of 20-26 W m -2. The photocatalytic degradation efficiency of TCP < DCP < CP was found. The adsorption energies of the chlorophenolic compounds with ZnO catalyst were calculated from quantum chemical molecular dynamic model and found to increase in the order of TCP < DCP < CP.
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