Polyaniline Supported Ag-Doped ZnO Nanocomposite: Synthesis, Characterization, and Kinetics Study for Photocatalytic Degradation of Malachite Green

Table 2

Percent degradation of malachite green under dark and solar irradiation with different initial concentrations of nanocomposite and the relation between time and ln (c/c₀).

	Initial concentration (g/l) of Ag-ZnO/PANI					ln (c/c0)		% of degradation
Time (min)	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.5	Ag-ZnO	Ag-ZnO/PANI	Ag-ZnO	Ag-ZnO/PANI
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	36.01	42.68	33.34	29.88	24.012	0.3465	0.2328	26.73	43.28
40	49.54	57.34	46.23	37.54	33.72	0.6318	0.4331	38.46	56.75
60	68.20	75.57	58.69	48.21	45.54	1.0181	0.7149	44.33	64.44
80	72.21	83.54	66.73	60.39	53.74	1.3417	0.9224	69.53	85.54
100	74.05	88.65	70.13	68.12	58.61	1.6111	1.1586	81.98	88.78
120	77.52	92.48	73.71	70.03	62.12	1.8782	1.3948	88.23	98.58