%0 Journal Article
%A Alcaraz Romo, Lorena
%A García Díaz, Irene
%A González, Laura
%A Rabanal, María Eugenia
%A Urbieta Quiroga, Ana Irene
%A Fernández, Paloma
%A López, Félix A.
%T New photocatalytic materials obtained from the recycling of alkaline and Zn/C spent batteries
%D 2019
%@ 2238-7854
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/13591
%X Several phases with variable stoichiometry ZnxMn3-xO4 (with x = 0.25, 0.85 and 1) and ZnO have been obtained from the black mass, a widely generated residue of wasted alkaline batteries. The obtained samples have been characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman spectroscopy showing results consistent with the stoichiometry obtained from chemical analysis. The study of the degradation of methylene blue (MB) and rhodamine B (RhB) under UV radiation demonstrates the photocatalytic behavior in all samples obtained, reaching degradation percentages higher than 70% and 50%, respectively.
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