Synthesis and characterization of SnO/rGO nanocomposite for an efficient photocatalytic degradation of pharmaceutical pollutant: Kinetics, mechanism and recyclability.

The SnO and SnO/rGO nanostructures were successfully synthesized using the facile hydrothermal synthesis technique. The prepared nanostructures were well studied using different techniques such as XRD, XPS, UV-DRS, FT-IR, EDX, SEM and HR-TEM analysis. The crystalline nature of SnO and SnO/rGO was confirmed by the XRD technique.

White LED active α-FeO/rGO photocatalytic nanocomposite for an effective degradation of tetracycline and ibuprofen molecules.

The formation of phase pure magnetically separable α-FeO and α-FeO/rGO nanostructures were achieved through a simple hydrothermal technique. The properties of synthesized materials were investigated through different analytical techniques. The formation of phase pure FO and FO/rGO nanostructures were confirmed by XRD analysis with crystallite size of about ∼42 nm and ∼65 nm, respectively.