International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences
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10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12
Volume 8 Issue 2
2017 (April - June)
Photocatalytic activity of CeO2 nanoparticles: synthesis using artocarpus gomezianus fruit mediated facile green combustion method
Environment friendly and economical synthesis of nanoparticles can be achieved with the use of abundantly available natural products. Cerium Oxide nanoparticles have been proven to be competent photo catalysts for environmental applications because of their strong redox ability, nontoxicity, long-term stability and low cost. This report explain the synthesis of CeO lessThan sub greaterThan 2 lessThan /sub greaterThan nanoparticles via eco-friendly green combustion method using Cerium nitrate as an oxidizer and citrate containing lessThan i greaterThan Artocarpus gomezianus lessThan /i greaterThan fruit extract as a fuel at 400 lessThan sup greaterThan 0 lessThan /sup greaterThan C. The photo-catalytic activity of these CeO lessThan sub greaterThan 2 lessThan /sub greaterThan nanoparticles was studied with the photo-degradation of model dye methylene blue under UV light irradiation. Interestingly, the photo catalytic properties of the CeO lessThan sub greaterThan 2 lessThan /sub greaterThan nanoparticles were found to degrade 5 ppm concentration of methylene blue with the time span 130 minutes. The study successfully demonstrated synthesis of CeO lessThan sub greaterThan 2 lessThan /sub greaterThan nanoparticles by simple ecofriendly route employing lessThan i greaterThan Artocarpus gomezianus lessThan /i greaterThan extract as fuel that exhibit superior photodegradative activities.
R. ANITHA, K.V. RAMESH,
K.H. SUDHEERKUMAR
Green synthesis; CeO2 nanoparticles; Photo catalytic activity; Methylene blue.
933-936