− Photocatalytic zinc oxide powders were prepared from precursor zinc acetate and ammonia solution at elevated temperature, 80 o C, by hydrothermal precipitation method. The effect of operating parameters, pH of ammonia solution and concentration of zinc acetate solution, on the characteristics of zinc oxide powders were experimentally examined. Zinc oxide powders prepared at the conditions of pH 11, zinc acetate concentration of 1.0 M, precipitation temperature of 80 o C, showed smallest average particle diameter of 3 µm. SEM and XRD analysis confirmed that prepared zinc oxide has hexagonal rods structure, and Anatase type crystallinity. In addition, DRS and PL analysis showed that the zinc oxide has activity at the range of 200~400 nm of UV light. And the zinc oxide decomposed 57% of a foodcolor stamp Brilliant blue FCF for 3 hours under the UV radiation.
요 약암모니아수와 zinc acetate로부터 액상 수열합성법에 의한 ZnO의 제조에 있어 반응온도, 반응물의 농도와 혼합방법, 용액의 pH 등 반응조건에 따른 ZnO 입자의 형상과 입자분포 등 제조특성을 고찰하고, UV 조사하에 tartrazine의 광분 해를 측정하여 합성된 ZnO의 광촉매로서의 성능을 확인하였다. 반응용액의 pH가 높을수록 ZnO 입자의 평균 크기는 증가하였고, zinc acetate의 농도가 증가할수록 그리고 반응온도가 증가할수록 입자의 크기는 감소하였다. 반응용액의 혼합시 암모니아수 주입 후에 zinc acetate를 첨가하였을 경우 더 작은 입자를 얻을 수 있었다. 최소 크기의 ZnO 입자 의 생성을 위한 최적 조건은 용액의 pH 11.2, zinc acetate의 농도 0.6 M, 반응온도 90 o C였으며, 입자 평균크기는 3.133 µm이었다. 합성온도 80 o C, zinc acetate 농도 1.0 M 및 반응용액의 pH 11.2의 조건에서 합성된 ZnO에 의한 tartrazine의 광촉매 분해는 분해시간 60분에서 약 97%의 분해율을 보였다.Abstract − The effects of reaction temperature, reactant concentration, pH of solution and mixing order of reactants on the particle shape and size distribution of zinc oxide were investigated in the preparation of zinc oxide from ammonium hydroxide and zinc acetate by the method of aqueous hydrothermal precipitation method, and the photocatalytic ability of zinc oxide synthesized was measured from the degradation of tartrazine under UV irradiation. The average particle size was increased with pH of solution but decreased with zinc acetate concentration and reaction temperature. The optimum condition for the synthesis of minimum sized zinc oxide was pH 11.2, concentration of zinc acetate 0.6 M and reaction temperature 90 o C, and its average particle size was 3.133 µm. 97% of tartrazine was degraded by zinc oxide in sixty minutes.
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