New photocatalytic materials obtained from the recycling of alkaline and Zn/C spent batteries

Several phases with variable stoichiometry ZnxMn3-xO4 (with x = 0.25, 0.85 and 1) and ZnO have been obtained from the black mass, a widely generated residue of wasted alkaline batteries. The obtained samples have been characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman spectroscopy showing results co...

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Autores: Alcaraz Romo, Lorena, García Díaz, Irene, González, Laura, Rabanal, María Eugenia, Urbieta Quiroga, Ana Irene, Fernández, Paloma, López, Félix A.
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2019
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositório:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/13591
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/13591
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:538.9
Surface optical phonons
Zno
Manganese
Nanoparticles
Degradation
Raman
Solar
Zinc
Dyes
Spent batteries
Photocatalytic materials
Zn and Mn oxides
Methylene blue
Rhodamine B
Física de materiales
Física del estado sólido
2211 Física del Estado Sólido
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Resumo:Several phases with variable stoichiometry ZnxMn3-xO4 (with x = 0.25, 0.85 and 1) and ZnO have been obtained from the black mass, a widely generated residue of wasted alkaline batteries. The obtained samples have been characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman spectroscopy showing results consistent with the stoichiometry obtained from chemical analysis. The study of the degradation of methylene blue (MB) and rhodamine B (RhB) under UV radiation demonstrates the photocatalytic behavior in all samples obtained, reaching degradation percentages higher than 70% and 50%, respectively.