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Upcycling of Wastewater via Effective Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production Using MnO2 Nanoparticles-Decorated Activated Carbon Nanoflakes.

ABSTRACT: In the present work, we demonstrated the upcycling technique of effective wastewater treatment via photocatalytic hydrogen production by using the nanocomposites of manganese oxide-decorated activated carbon (MnO2-AC). The nanocomposites were sonochemically synthesized in pure water by utilizing MnO2 nanoparticles and AC nanoflakes that had been prepared through green routes using the extracts of Brassica oleracea and Azadirachta indica, respectively. MnO2-AC nanocomposites were confirmed to exist in the form of nanopebbles with a high specific surface area of ~109 m2/g. When using the MnO2-AC nanocomposites as a photocatalyst for the wastewater treatment, they exhibited highly efficient hydrogen production activity. Namely, the high hydrogen production rate (395 mL/h) was achieved when splitting the synthetic sulphide effluent (S2- = 0.2 M) via the photocatalytic reaction by using MnO2-AC. The results stand for the excellent energy-conversion capability of the MnO2-AC nanocomposites, particularly, for photocatalytic splitting of hydrogen from sulphide wastewater.

SUBMITTER: Sekar S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7466657 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Upcycling of Wastewater via Effective Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production Using MnO2 Nanoparticles-Decorated Activated Carbon Nanoflakes.

Sekar Sankar S Lee Sejoon S Vijayarengan Preethi P Kalirajan Kaliyappan Mohan KM Santhakumar Thirumavalavan T Sekar Saravanan S Sadhasivam Sutha S

Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) 20200817 8

In the present work, we demonstrated the upcycling technique of effective wastewater treatment via photocatalytic hydrogen production by using the nanocomposites of manganese oxide-decorated activated carbon (MnO2-AC). The nanocomposites were sonochemically synthesized in pure water by utilizing MnO2 nanoparticles and AC nanoflakes that had been prepared through green routes using the extracts of Brassica oleracea and Azadirachta indica, respectively. MnO2-AC nan ...[more]

PMID: 32824542

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