• Sunil G. Shelar
• Vilas K. Mahajan
• Sandip P. Patil
• Gunvant H. Sonawane

Among the transition metal oxides, CuO is a potential candidate for magnetic storage devices, solar energy transfer, sensors, and super capacitors and especially it acts as a good catalyst in some of the chemical reactions. CuO and Zn doped CuO nano particles are prepared by sol gel technique. The CuO Nano particles were characterized for the studying of their structure and composition from X-ray diffraction, Energy Dispersive X-ray analysis and FESEM for morphology and size of the particles. Then all the catalysts synthesized were used for photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B under different experimental conditions. Percent degradation of Rhodamine B by Zn doped CuO nanocatalyst after 1st run achieved up to 85.6% in 120 min. The recycle study reveals stability of the catalyst.

CuO Nano-particles, Zn doped CuO nanoparticles, photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine-B.

"Efficiency study of photo catalytic degradation of Rhodamine-B using CuO and Zn doped CuO nanoparticles of varying composition", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 6, page no.d303-d311, June-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2206339.pdf

"Efficiency study of photo catalytic degradation of Rhodamine-B using CuO and Zn doped CuO nanoparticles of varying composition", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 6, page no. ppd303-d311, June-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2206339.pdf