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Increasing environmental issues have emerged due to various pharmaceutical wastes. These wastes are difficult to remove by treatment due to their continuous consumption and long-term persistence. We have synthesized two different shapes of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles as catalysts—nanorod (ZnO–NR) and oval-shape (ZnO–OS). A comparative performance of these two catalyst shapes on photocatalytic degradation of rifampicin (RIF) in water—a first-line anti-tuberculosis drug, was carried out. ZnO–NR showed three times higher normalized first-order degradation rate constant of RIF under UV light than that with ZnO–OS. This is due to: (i) specific surface area and specific pore volume of ZnO–NR being 25 and six times higher, respectively, than ZnO–OS; (ii) oxygen vacancy in ZnO–NR being 1.7 times higher than ZnO–OS; (iii) slightly lower band gap energy in ZnO–NR than ZnO–OS, adding to carrier concentration; and (iv) ZnO–NR additionally showing 12.4% chemisorbed oxygen also. Towards RIF degradation, ZnO–NR shows a much improved synergistic effect than ZnO–OS under UV light, as ZnO–NR under UV light is found to give 2.7 times higher degradation than when the catalyst and UV act independently and hence only additively. Therefore, this study is helpful in tuning the shape-dependent chemical reactivity of nanoparticles in water treatment.
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The Bulletin of Materials Science is a bi-monthly journal being published by the Indian Academy of Sciences in collaboration with the Materials Research Society of India and the Indian National Science Academy. The journal publishes original research articles, review articles and rapid communications in all areas of materials science. The journal also publishes from time to time important Conference Symposia/ Proceedings which are of interest to materials scientists. It has an International Advisory Editorial Board and an Editorial Committee. The Bulletin accords high importance to the quality of articles published and to keep at a minimum the processing time of papers submitted for publication.