Novel polyvinyl alcohol-assisted MnO2–ZnO–CuO nanocomposites as an efficient photocatalyst for methylene blue degradation from wastewater†
Teketel Girma Gindose, Gebrehiwot Gebreslassie, Tessema Derbe Hailegebreal, Tesfay G. Ashebr, Fanyana Mtunzi, Tsegaye Belege Atisme, Enyew Amare Zereffa · 2024
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Teketel Girma Gindose and co-authors build a mixed nanomaterial that uses light to break down a blue dye in wastewater, in a 2024 paper. Textile dye pollution is hard to treat, and light-driven catalysts offer a clean way to destroy it.
The team combined three metal oxides with a helper polymer using a gel method. Tests with heat, X-rays, and microscopes confirmed the mix and its structure. Under tuned conditions the blend destroyed ninety-three percent of the dye in three hours, far more than any single oxide managed. On real textile wastewater it cleared eighty percent. After four reuse cycles it still worked near ninety percent, showing lasting strength.
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| CREATOR | Teketel Girma Gindose, Gebrehiwot Gebreslassie, Tessema Derbe Hailegebreal, Tesfay G. Ashebr, Fanyana Mtunzi, Tsegaye Belege Atisme, Enyew Amare Zereffa |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |