1Department of Environmental Sciences, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, 517 502, A.P., India
2Department of H & S, KSRM College of Engineering, Kadapa – 516005, A.P. India
Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences.
2019,
Vol. 7 No. 5, 176-181
DOI: 10.12691/aees-7-5-3
Copyright © 2019 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: B. Prashanti, I. Sreevani, B. Suresh, T. Damodharam. Graphene-CuO nanocomposite for Efficient Photocatalytic Reduction of
Pb (II) under Solar Light Irradiation.
Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences. 2019; 7(5):176-181. doi: 10.12691/aees-7-5-3.
Correspondence to: B. Prashanti, Department of Environmental Sciences, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, 517 502, A.P., India. Email:
prashantichandana123@gmail.comAbstract
A facile synthesis of Graphene oxide-copper oxide nanocomposite (GO-CuO) was performed by using a wet chemical method by using graphene oxide and copper acetate precursors. There is no any other polymer or seed involved for preparation of nanocomposite The as-synthesized materials structure and morphology was calibrated by Powdered X-ray diffraction (P-XRD), and intercalated with Raman spectroscopy. Morphology features of GO-CuO nanocomposites were explored by FE-SEM, the quantitative and elemental analyses of as-synthesized materials were measured by electron dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), the size, shape, and orientation of as-synthesized catalysts were examined by transmission electron microscopy TEM with selective area electron diffraction. The results reveal that the nanocomposite with a size range from 5-10 nm uniformly anchored onto GO sheets and photocatalytic degradation of lead ion was studied by using a UV-VIS spectrophotometer. Significant high-performance photocatalytic activity of GO-CuO nanocomposite was exhibited on lead ions degradation under solar light.
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