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Solihudin Solihudin
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Padjadjaran Jl. Raya Bandung Sumedang km 21 Jatinangor, Sumedang, 45363, Indonesia
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The Use of Rice Husk Silica in Modified Zinc Oxide Photocatalysts to Reduce Chromium Concentration Diana Rakhmawaty Eddy; L Ahmad Na’ani; Rustaman Rustaman; Solihudin Solihudin
Jurnal Kimia Valensi Jurnal Kimia VALENSI Volume 6, No. 1, May 2020
Publisher : Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15408/jkv.v6i1.12324

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Rice husk ash contains approximately 90-98% dry weight of silica and they have been reported to have several advantages compared to mineral silica. One of these is its application as a filler in ZnO photocatalysts using the sol-gel method. This study was, therefore, conducted to determine the effect of adding rice husk silica to increase the ability of ZnO/SiO2 photocatalyst to reduce chromium concentration. Meanwhile, a previous effort has been made to degrade methylene blue dyes by 89%. This current research involved preparing rice husk charcoal using pyrolysis tubes after which they were extracted to produce silica while ZnO/SiO2 composites were made at a 95/5, 90/10, and 85/15 (w/w) ratio and composite activity test was conducted to determine its ability to reduce chromium concentration from practicum discharge. The SEM-EDS results showed the formation of SiO2 composites in ZnO while 82.6% decrease in total chromium concentration from waste was obtained after 2 hours irradiation with 95/5 composites using ultraviolet radiation.
Co-Authors Diana Rakhmawaty Eddy L Ahmad Na’ani Rustaman Rustaman