Hydrothermal Synthesis of Ag Doped Cerium Oxide

Nanoparticles for Photodegradation of Methyl Orange dye

Shakira Billah Chaity

Student ID No. M190301026
Admission Session: 2019-2020
M. Sc. 1st Semester, Department of Chemistry
Jagannath University, Dhaka
 Table of Contents

● Introduction―Dye pollution scenario

● Background of the research interest with Ag doped CeO2 (Ag–CeO2)

● Literature Review

● Objectives of research

● Ag–CeO2 synthesis by hydrothermal method

● Characterizations by UV-vis, XRD, SEM, EDX and TEM

● Application of Ag–CeO2 for photodegradation of Methyl orange dye

● Conclusions
 Introduction―Dye pollution scenario

• Many dyes (e.g. Methyl orange, Methylene blue, Congo red etc.) are used
• Pollutes water
 Methyl Orange (MO) dye

Methyl orange

Properties of MO

 Chemical Formula: C14H14N3NaO3S

 Solubility in water: 5 g/L (20 ⁰C)
 Stable chemical structure
 Toxic
 Long life persistent
 Carcinogenic
Needs degradation
 Pollutes water
 Working interest with Ag-CeO2 NPs

Properties of CeO2 NPs

Rare earth metal oxide (CeO2)

Semiconductor
Can be synthesized by hydrothermal method
Size can be controlled by surface capping
Band gap can be controlled by doping
Photocatalyst
Literature Survey
Literature Review
 Literature Survey

No report is found about Ag doping in CeO2 and

its surface modification by decanoic acid for MO dye degradation
 Objectives of work

 Synthesis Ag doped CeO2 hydrothermal method

 Study of chemical state, crystalline structure, surface morphology,

and stability of Ag doped CeO2

 Analysis photocatalytic activity of Ag doped CeO 2

 Study of degradation efficiency of MO under sunlight/UV and

visible light irradiation

 Experimental
Materials
•Cerium nitrate hexahydrate [Ce(NO3)3.6H2O, purity 99%]

•Decanoic acid [C10H20O2]

•Silver nitrate [AgNO3]

•Distilled Water
•Methyl Orange

Instruments
•Hydrothermal reactor
•Furnace
•Centrifuge machine
Cerium nitrate Distilled
Methodology
Cerium nitrate
Mixing
hexahydrate Water Solution Adding Adding
Decanoic acid
 Synthesis of Ag doped CeO2 silver nitrate

Centrifuge at Cooling in
Washing with
distilled water
10,100 rpm for
20 min
room temp.
water
 

  White powder
(Product)

Next product characterization

Schematic diagram of synthesis
 Characterization Techniques

XRD (X-ray defraction) SEM (Scanning Electron UV-Vis (Ultraviolet-visible

Microscopy) Spectroscopy)

EDX (Energy dispersive X-ray) TEM ( Transmission electron microscopy)

Photodegradation of MO using Ag-CeO2 under UV light

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Photodegradation of MO using Ag-CeO2 under Sunlight

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Efficiency of photodegradation of MO dye

Efficiency of percentage of photodegradation (%) =

A0 = initial concentration of dye

At = concentration of dye at time t
 Conclusions

• We aim to synthesize Ag doped CeO2 NPs by

hydrothermal method with surface capping by
decanoic acid

• Synthesized Ag-CeO2 NPs will be characterized by

UV-vis, XRD, SEM, EDX, TEM analysis

• Photocatalytic activity of Ag-CeO2 will be assessed

under UV-vis / sunlight using MO dye
Thank you all for your kind attention