Ahmad Mehdi

Room Temperature Synthesis of Nanostructured ZnO: Active Visible Photocatalyst in the Degradation of Methylene Blue

Amine El Farrouji, Rachid Mohamed Tchalala, Abderrahim Chihab Eddine, Ahmad Mehdi, Larbi El Firdoussi & Mustapha Ait Ali · Chemical Science International Journal · 2021

Nanostructured ZnO was prepared using a facile solution-phase method at room temperature without need to calcination. Oxidation of zinc sulfate by sodium hypochlorite in the presence of polyethylene glycol (PEG) and sodium hydroxide (NaOH) gave pure nanostructured zinc oxide (ZnO...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/CSJI/2021/v30i330220

Fast Room Temperature Solution-phase Approach for Selective Synthesis of Nanostructured Cu(OH)2, Cu2O and CuO

Soumaya Elamal Bouzit, Brahim Boualy, Larbi El Firdoussi, Ahmad Mehdi, Abdelkader Outzourhit & Mustapha Ait Ali · International Research Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry · 2015

A simple room-temperature solution-phase and efficient method for the selective preparation of nanostructured copper hydroxide (Cu(OH)2), copper oxide (II) CuO or Cuprous oxide (Cu2O) from a Cu2+ solution was developed. Mono-disperse cubic Cu2O were obtained by sodium hydroxide a...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/17920

Degradation of Methylene Blue Using Synthesized Nanostructured CuO with High Specific Surface Area through Catalytic Oxidation

Amine El Farrouji, Abderrahim Chihab Eddine, Soumaya Elamal Bouzit, Brahim Boualy, Ahmad Mehdi, Larbi El Firdoussi & Mustapha Ait Ali · International Research Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry · 2015

Nanostructured CuO (CuO Nst) with specific surface area of 144.473 m2/g has been successfully synthesized via a facile solution-phase method at room temperature. As prepared CuO was characterized using x-ray diffraction (XRD), Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) and transmission electro...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/18057