PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION OF PHENOL RED BY ZnO-Co (II) TETRAAMINOPHTHALOCYANINE UNDER NATURAL SOLAR RADIATION

P V Patilpaik; J S Meshram

P V Patilpaik Department of Chemistry, Janata Mahavidyalaya, Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India
J S Meshram Department of Chemistry, RTM, Nagpur University, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

Keywords: Co (II) Tetraaminophthalocyanine, Photocatalyst, Degradation, Phenol Red.

Abstract

In this study, Co (II) Tetraaminophthalocyanine (Co (II)TAPc) have been resynthesized and characterized by UV-Visible, FT-IR Spectrophotometer. The photocatalytic activity of the ZnO-Co (II) TAPc catalysts was evaluated for the degradation of the Phenol Red. The results revealed that UV-Visible absorption edge of ZnO-Co (II)TAPc is slightly moved towards the red shift. The photocatalytic activity of ZnO-Co (II) Tetraaminophthalocyanine was studied on Phenol Red and it was observed that ZnO-Co (II)TAPc was superior to that of ZnO. Besides the photocatalyst ZnO-Co (II) TAPc is stable and is reused for several times.