Wastewater treatment using nanomaterial quaternary photocatalyst ZrCdPbO4 - Removal of colour pollutant by an eco friendly process

Pollution of environment is a major issue and has drawn attention of researchers throughout the globe. Water is polluted by various means like excretion of various industries and house releases, for example release of yarn, paper, and cloth industries etc. Present investigation consists of removal of such a pollutant. For this, synthesis of a novel quaternary nano particle sized photocatalyst ZrCdPbO₄ is carried and its characterization by different analytical techniques is also carried out. This is further used for removal of colour pollutants from the environment and Erythrosine-B is considered as a role model. Effect of various operational parameters like pH, concentration of dye, amount of photocatalyst, irradiation power etc. is studied, maximum degradation condition is extracted, and it is observed that reaction follows pseudo first order kinetics. Scavenger study suggests the participation of OH free radical in the reaction. Complete degradation of the dye in presence of light and photocatalyst is reported here by. Reusability of the photocatalyst is tested and is found to work up to five cycles efficiently.