ZnO DOPED TIO2 NANOCOMPOSITE SYNTHESIS AND INFLUENCE OF PARAMETERS ON THE HETEROGENEOUS PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION OF PHENOL IN WASTEWATER

Abstract

ZnO doped TiO2 nanocomposite was synthesized by the Sol-gel method. The synthesized nanocatalyst was characterized by XRD, SEM, FT-IR, UV-Vis to evaluate the crystal patterns and size, Band-gap energy, morphology, surface area into the ZnO doped TiO2. Degradation of phenol was carried out under UV-Visible light irradiation by varying the reaction parameters such as initial phenol concentration, Catalyst loading and pH with an irradiation time of the solution.