ZnO-SiO2 and Zn2SiO4 Synthesis Utilizing Oil Palm Leaves for Degradation of Methylene Blue Dye in Aqueous Solution

  • Salprima Yudha S. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Bengkulu, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3095-5284
  • Prissana Robkhob Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Thailand
  • Tanawat Imboon Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Thailand
  • Aswin Falahudin Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Bengkulu, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0806-3068
  • Asdim Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Bengkulu, Indonesia
  • Sirikanjana Thongmee Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Thailand https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8294-9997
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34311/jics.2020.03.2.94
Keywords: Composite, Oil palm leaves, Silica precursor, ZnO-SiO2, Zn2SiO4

Abstract

A new approach was developed for the green synthesis of ZnO-SiO2 composite and Zn2SiO4 using zinc nitrate and sustainable silica precursor, oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) leaves (OPL). The products were synthesized at two different reaction temperatures through calcination in an open-air furnace at 500 and 1000 °C, respectively, and further identified with an X-ray diffractometry (XRD) analysis. The composite indicated by the presence of peaks at 2θ = 31.7°, 34.4°, 36.3°, 47.6°, 56.6°, and 62.9°, corresponds to ZnO and also revealed amorphous SiO2 at 2θ = 21°. Conversely, Zn2SiO4 was acknowledged at 2θ 25.6°, 31.50°, 34.0°, 39.5°, 48.9°, 56.5° and 65.6°, with crystalline silica at 2θ = 21.9°. The results showed the morphology of both products exhibited similar agglomeration based on scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis. Both products (ZnO-SiO2 composite and Zn2SiO4) possessed the capacity to degrade methylene blue (MB) under sunlight irradiation with efficiency of 85.9% and 69.3%, respectively.

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Oil palm leaves (OPL) has been employed as natural silica precursor in preparation of ZnO-SiO2 composite followed by thermal treatment. While heating at 500 °C leads to the formation of ZnO-SiO2 composite, heating at 1000 °C leads to the formation of Zn2SiO4. Both products were active as photocatalyst for methylene blue (MB) degradation under sunlight irradiation.
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2020-08-31
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Yudha S., S., Robkhob, P., Imboon, T., Falahudin, A., Asdim, & Thongmee, S. (2020). ZnO-SiO2 and Zn2SiO4 Synthesis Utilizing Oil Palm Leaves for Degradation of Methylene Blue Dye in Aqueous Solution. Journal of the Indonesian Chemical Society, 3(2), 94. https://doi.org/10.34311/jics.2020.03.2.94
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