- Title
- Laser induced photodegradation of Orange G using phthalocyanine–cobalt ferrite magnetic nanoparticle conjugates electrospun in polystyrene nanofibers
- Creator
- Mapukata, Sivuyisiwe, Chindeka, Francis, Sekhosana, Kutloano E, Nyokong, Tebello
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2017
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/188617
- Identifier
- vital:44769
- Identifier
- xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcat.2017.06.028"
- Description
- Conjugates of zinc tetracarboxyphenoxy phthalocyanine (ZnTCPPc) and zinc tetraaminophenoxy phthalocyanine (ZnTAPPc) with amine and carboxyl functionalised cobalt ferrite magnetic nanoparticles (CoFe2O4 MNPs), respectively were electrospun into polystyrene (PS) fibers. The resulting composites; ZnTCPPc-CoFe2O4/PS and ZnTAPPc-CoFe2O4/PS were compared based on their photophysical properties and photocatalytic efficiencies in degrading Orange G (OG) using laser as the photoexcitation source. The photocatalytic efficiencies of ZnTCPPc-CoFe2O4/PS and ZnTAPPc-CoFe2O4/PS were compared based on them having different lengths in the linkage chains between the Pcs and CoFe2O4 MNPs and different sizes. Covalent linkage of the Pcs to the CoFe2O4 MNPs enhanced the singlet oxygen and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production of the Pcs and CoFe2O4, respectively hence ZnTCPPc-CoFe2O4/PS and ZnTAPPc-CoFe2O4/PS were found to be more effective photocatalysts than their respective Pcs and CoFe2O4 MNPs. Moreover, the kinetic analyses of the photodecomposition of OG showed that the degradation was in agreement with both pseudo-first order kinetics and followed the Langmuir–Hinshelwood model.
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- Elsevier
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Molecular Catalysis, Mapukata, S., Chindeka, F., Sekhosana, K.E. and Nyokong, T., 2017. Laser induced photodegradation of Orange G using phthalocyanine–cobalt ferrite magnetic nanoparticle conjugates electrospun in polystyrene nanofibers. Molecular Catalysis, 439, pp.211-223, Molecular Catalysis volume 439 p. 211 2017 2468-8231
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