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Facile Synthesis and Characterization of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticle on Activated Carbon Using Liquid Phase Plasma Method
Sang-Chai Kim1, Young-Kwon Park2, Ho-Geun Ahn3
1Department of Environmental Education, Mokpo National University, Muan 58554, Korea.
Abstract:
Zinc oxide/activated carbon nanocomposites were synthesized by impregnating zinc oxide nanoparticles onto activated carbon powder using liquid phase plasma (LPP) method. Zinc oxide nanoparticles on the surface of activated carbon were fabricated rapidly by the LPP method due to reducing the zinc ion in aqueous solution. The obtained zinc oxide/activated carbon nanocomposites were characterized by XPS, HRTEM, and EDS. The amount of zinc oxide nanoparticles impregnated increased with increasing initial precursor concentration. Approximately 150~300 nm sized spherical shaped nanoparticles were uniformly dispersed on the surface of activated carbon powder.
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