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Nano Research & Applications
ISSN 2471-9838
Advanced Nano 2017
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September 11-12, 2017 Amsterdam, Netherlands
20
th
International Conference on
Advanced Nanotechnology
Dyes degradation by using M° nano particles
incorporated in SiO
2
matrix
Liraz Kutashi
and
Yael Albo
Ariel University, Israel
I
n recent years, with the growth of population and the
development of social economy, the discharged amounts
of various pollutants are also growing rapidly. Especially,
the pollutants caused by textile dyes and other industrial
dyestuffs on water pollution have severe implications
on aquatic environment and human health. Therefore, it
has begun to pay more attention to the problem of water
pollution, and prevention of water deterioration and the
protection of water resources have become a common
human goal. In this work, the sol gel synthesis route
has been utilized for the preparation of SiO
2
matrices
embedded with Ag
0
and Au
0
nanoparticles for their
application as heterogeneous catalysts in the reduction
of Methyl Orange (MO) as a model pollutant compound.
The M
0
-NPs were prepared by reduction of silver nitrate
or gold (III) chloride trihydrate with NaBH
4
during the
sol-gel process. Different preparation procedures were
examined in order to determine the preferred method for
obtaining a suitable matrix for the catalysis. Our purposely
synthesized supported noble metal nanoparticles degrade
methyl orange by sodium borohydride satisfactorily and
the efficiency of our catalysts is not differed through first
to fifth use.
Biography
Liraz Kuztashi completed her BSc in Chemical Engineering department at Ariel
University (2015). Her research is focused on nanoparticles and development
of new processes for wastewater treatment.
lirazkuz@gmail.comLiraz Kutashi et al., Nano Res Appl 2017, 3:3
DOI: 10.21767/2471-9838-C1-003