Photodegradation of organic dyes using ZnO nanorods grown on AlN film

Authors

Ferdinand Tamayo Cayabyab, Jr. National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Debinya Buenafe Materials Science and Engineering Program and National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Adonis Villagomez National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Jeremias Ibus-Armonia National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Erick John Carlo Solibet National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Horace Andrew Husay National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Rontgen Gapusan Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of the Philippines Diliman
Ma. Cecilia Angub Materials Science Engineering Program, University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines
Ron Darell Aves Materials Science and Engineering Program and National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Anthony Tuico Materials Science and Engineering Program and National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Vernalyn Copa Materials Science and Engineering Program and National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Arnel Salvador National Institute of Physics and Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of the Philippines Diliman
Elmer Estacio National Institute of Physics and Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of the Philippines Diliman
Armando Somintac National Institute of Physics and Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of the Philippines Diliman

Abstract

Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods were grown on aluminum nitride (AlN) buffer layer deposited on glass substrate as a photocatalyst for the degradation of dyes. Raman spectroscopy was done to confirm the grown ZnO on the sample. Raman peaks were found at 438 cm^-1 and 1165 cm^-1. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was done to study the surface morphology and geometric properties of the nanorods. The estimated diameter and length of the nanorods were 139 nm and 2.38 μm, respectively. The efficiency of the fabricated photocatalyst was then determined via photodegradation testing on organic dyes. Ultraviolet to visible (UV-vis) spectrometer was used to measure the photodegradation efficiency of the photocatalysts on methylene blue (MB) and rhodamine b (RhB). It was found that the ZnO nanorods has a photodegradation efficiency on MB and RhB of 91.77% and 96.24% under 1 hour exposure to UV light, respectively. The results have shown that ZnO nanorods have effectively degraded MB and RhB at 0.0505 μM/min and 0.0597μM/min, respectively.

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2018: Proceedings of the 36th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference

Article ID

SPP-2018-PA-45

Section

Poster Session A (Materials Science, Instrumentation, and Photonics)

Published

2018-06-01

How to Cite

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FT Cayabyab, D Buenafe, A Villagomez, J Ibus-Armonia, EJC Solibet, HA Husay, R Gapusan, MC Angub, RD Aves, A Tuico, V Copa, A Salvador, E Estacio, and A Somintac, Photodegradation of organic dyes using ZnO nanorods grown on AlN film, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 36, SPP-2018-PA-45 (2018). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2018-PA-45.