TY - JOUR ID - 53683 TI - Preparation, Characterization of Mg and Al co-doped ZnO nanoparticles and its application in congo red dye remediation JO - Egyptian Journal of Chemistry JA - EJCHEM LA - en SN - 0449-2285 AU - Subramani, Arul AU - T, SENTHILNATHAN AD - Bharathiyar university AD - ANNA UNIVERSITY Y1 - 2019 PY - 2019 VL - 62 IS - Special Issue (Part 2) Innovation in Chemistry SP - 617 EP - 625 KW - ZnO nanoparticles KW - Soft-chemical method KW - Congored KW - Photodegradation DO - 10.21608/ejchem.2019.15825.1957 N2 - A simple co-precipitation method at normal temperature was used to prepare Mg and Al co-doped ZnO nanoparticles. The structure and chemical properties of synthesized nanoparticles were characterized by various techniques such as XRD, FTIR, SEM-EDX, UV-Visible Spectroscopy and AFM, whereas the photo-catalysis study of Congo red (CR) was performed by UV/VIS spectrophotometry. The XRD results exhibited that Mg, Al co-doped ZnO nanoparticles possess hexagonal wurtzite structure. The SEM analysis suggested varying nano morphology of synthesized nanoparticles and the purity of the sample was checked by EDX analysis. Mg, Al co-doped ZnO nanoparticles were subjected for the photo-degradation of congored dye (CR) in aqueous medium under UV-light irradiation. The photo-degradation study revealed that the Mg, Al co-doped ZnO nanoparticles is a promising substance for the hazardous ecological remediation. UR - https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_53683.html L1 - https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_53683_bb7fbdfe0cb9d9725c5db10f932e78b4.pdf ER -