Materials Today: Proceedings 3 (2016) 74 – 83 Available online at www.sciencedirect.com ScienceDirect 2214-7853 © 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and Peer-review under responsibility of the Committee Members of National Conference on National Conference on Emerging Trends of Advanced Functional Materials (NCAFM-2015) doi:10.1016/j.matpr.2016.01.123 NCAFM 2015 Microwave Assisted Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructure Zinc Oxide-Graphene Oxide and Photo degradation of Brilliant Blue Kashinath Lellala, K. Namratha and K. Byrappa * Centre for Materials Science and Technology, University of Mysore, Vijnana Bhavan, P.B.No.21, Manasagangothri, Mysore 570006. Abstract Zinc Oxide-Graphene Oxide (ZnO-GO) nanocomposite have been fabricated by facile, low-temperature wet chemical process assisted with microwave irradiation and used for the photo degradation of Brilliant Blue under UV-Vis light radiation. The in-situ formed ZnO nano wires were randomly decorated on the surfaces and the edges of graphene oxide sheets, simultaneously reduced directly capable of forming the graphene sheets. The lattice constants and band gap energy of ZnO has been altered compared with pure nano-sized ZnO particles, which are confirmed by XRD. The graphene oxide sheets were anchored/tailored with ZnO particles and the photo degradation of Brilliant Blue were performed under UV-Vis light radiations. The results shows that graphene oxide hybridized with ZnO could produce an efficient photo-catalytic activity and the degree of photocatalytic activity enhancement strongly depends on bonding of ZnO nanowires and GO. The enhancements of photocurrent and photo and GO. The optical, structural and morphology of the pure ZnO and ZnO-GO nanostructures were systematically studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transformation Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), UV-Vis spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, Photoluminescence spectroscopy, Energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM). © 2015Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Selection and Peer-review under responsibility of theCommittee Members of National Conference on National Conference on Emerging Trends of Advanced Functional Materials (NCAFM-2015). Keywords: Zinc Oxide. Graphene Oxide, Brilliant Blue and Microwave irradation. * Corresponding author. Tel. :0821-2419422; E-mail address: kbyrappa@gmail.com © 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and Peer-review under responsibility of the Committee Members of National Conference on National Conference on Emerging Trends of Advanced Functional Materials (NCAFM-2015)