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Urea assisted ceria nanocubes for efficient removal of malachite green organic dye from aqueous system.

ABSTRACT: This study describes a simple, high-yield, rapid, and inexpensive route for the synthesis of cubic shape-like cerium oxide nanocubes (CeO2 NCs) using different urea concentrations (0.5, 1.0, and 2.0?g) by the hydrothermal method. The synthesized nanocubes (NCs) are labeled as CeO2 NCs-0.5, CeO2 NCs-1.0, and CeO2 NCs-2.0, corresponding to 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0?g of urea, respectively. The synthesized NCs were characterized by FT-IR, UV-visible, XRD, XPS, SEM and HR-TEM analysis. The synthesized NCs were cubic in shape with average sizes of 12, 12, and 13?nm for the CeO2 NCs-0.5, CeO2 NCs-1.0, and CeO2 NCs-2.0, respectively, obtained by the XRD analysis. The catalytic activity of the CeO2 NCs was studied for the purpose of obtaining the reduction of malachite green (MG) in the presence of sodium borohydride (NaBH4) at room temperature.

SUBMITTER: Sreekanth TVM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6785541 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Urea assisted ceria nanocubes for efficient removal of malachite green organic dye from aqueous system.

Sreekanth Thupakula Venkata Madhukar TVM Nagajyothi Patnamsetty Chidanandha PC Reddy Gutturu Rajasekhara GR Shim Jaesool J Yoo Kisoo K

Scientific reports 20191009 1

This study describes a simple, high-yield, rapid, and inexpensive route for the synthesis of cubic shape-like cerium oxide nanocubes (CeO2 NCs) using different urea concentrations (0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 g) by the hydrothermal method. The synthesized nanocubes (NCs) are labeled as CeO2 NCs-0.5, CeO2 NCs-1.0, and CeO2 NCs-2.0, corresponding to 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 g of urea, respectively. The synthesized NCs were characterized by FT-IR, UV-visible, XRD, XPS, SE ...[more]

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