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Effect of ?-irradiation on the growth of ZnO nanorod films for photocatalytic disinfection of contaminated water

dc.contributor.author Alarcón, Julio es_PE
dc.contributor.author Ponce, Silvia es_PE
dc.contributor.author Paraguay-Delgado, Francisco es_PE
dc.contributor.author Rodríguez, Juan es_PE
dc.date.accessioned 2024-05-30T23:13:38Z
dc.date.available 2024-05-30T23:13:38Z
dc.date.issued 2011-12
dc.description This work was supported by the Procyt-311-2009 Project and the 321-2009-Concytec-OAJ Project and MINCYT-CONCYTEC PE/ 09/01. We want acknowledge to ‘‘Laboratorio Nacional de Nanotecnologia’’ located at CIMAV and academic technician W. Antunez for help us to acquire SEM images. One of the authors, J. Rodriguez, wishes to thank the ‘‘Convenio de Desempeño, Universidad de Tarapacá-Mineduc’’ for financial support.
dc.description.abstract The growth of ZnO nanorods on a flat substrate containing γ-irradiated seeds and their ability to photocatalytically eliminate bacteria in water were studied. The seed layer was obtained, by the spray pyrolysis technique, from zinc acetate solutions γ-irradiated within the range from 0 to 100 kGy. Subsequently, to grow the rods, the seeds were immersed in a basic solution of zinc nitrate maintained at 90 °C. The rate of crystal growth on the seed layer during the thermal bath treatment was kept constant. The resulting materials were characterized morphologically by scanning electron and atomic force microscopies; X-ray diffraction was used to study their morphology and structure and ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy to determine their absorbance. The obtained seed films were morphologically dependent on the radiation dose and this was correlated with the ZnO nanorod films which presented a texture in the (0 0 2) direction perpendicular to the substrate. The rods have a hexagonal mean cross section between 20 and 140 nm. Using these rods, the photocatalytic degradation of Escherichia coli bacteria in water was studied; a positive influence of the crystalline texture on the degradation rate was observed.
dc.description.sponsorship Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica - Concytec
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2011.08.025
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12390/1359
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Elsevier
dc.relation.ispartof Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject γ-Radiation
dc.subject ZnO es_PE
dc.subject Nanorods es_PE
dc.subject Films es_PE
dc.subject Seeds es_PE
dc.subject Spray pyrolysis es_PE
dc.subject Photocatalysis es_PE
dc.subject Water disinfection es_PE
dc.subject E. coli es_PE
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#2.04.00
dc.title Effect of ?-irradiation on the growth of ZnO nanorod films for photocatalytic disinfection of contaminated water
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dspace.entity.type Publication
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