| Autor: |
Velu Venugopal, Dhandapani Balaji, Mani Preeyanghaa, Cheol Joo Moon, Bernaurdshaw Neppolian, Govarthanan Muthusamy, Jayaraman Theerthagiri, Jagannathan Madhavan, Myong Yong Choi |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Alexandria Engineering Journal, Vol 72, Iss , Pp 531-543 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1110-0168 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.aej.2023.04.024 |
| Popis: |
Eliminating harmful organic pollutants from contaminated water remains an urgent problem to be solved. Taking Rhodamine B (RhB) as a representative organic water pollutant we sought to design a facile and scalable synthesis of a BiFeO3/CeVO4 (BFO/CVO) nanocomposite catalyst for the degradation of organic pollutant under visible light. BFO nanorods and CVO nanoparticles were fabricated using single-step hydrothermal routes and the resulting materials could be easily combined using a simple wet-chemical precipitation method. From the morphological studies, pure BiFeO3 and CeVO4 revealed the 1D-nanorod and 0D-nanoparticles, respectively. For the BFO/CVO composite, 0D-nanoparticles were well attached on the 1D-nanorods of BiFeO3. Also, the 10 % BFO/CVO composite provided efficient photodegradation efficiency (92 %) of RhB with 0.0225 min−1 rate constant. Furthermore, the obtained photocatalyst had a low band gap energy value (2.01 eV) and photoluminescence intensity when compared to pure BFO and CVO under visible light illumination. The radical scavenging experiments proposed that the •OH acted a substantial role in the RhB decomposition pathway. The optimized BFO/CVO composite photocatalyst exhibits superior recyclability and photostability. The superior photocatalytic action of the 10 % BFO/CVO composite could be explained by the development of a heterojunction among BFO and CVO where electrons can migrate at the BFO/CVO interface. These results imply that BiFeO3/CeVO4 composites are suitable photocatalysts for the elimination of organic toxins from water. |
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