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JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 20, Issue 3, Pages 1851-1858Publisher
AMER SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2020.17174
Keywords
Bismuth Ferrite; Heterostructures Composed of Interconnected Nanosheets; Photocatalytic Properties; Methyl Orange
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- King Khalid University [R.G.P.2/18/40]
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Herein, we report the facile microwave-assisted synthesis, characterization and photocatalytic degradation applications of Bismuth ferrite heterostructures composed of interconnected nanosheets (BHNs). The synthesized materials were subjected to several analytical studies such as scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and UV-visible spectroscopy in order to examine the morphological, structural, optical and photo catalytic properties. The structural and morphological characterizations confirmed the rhombohedral perovskite crystal structure and the formation of heterostructures composed of interconnected nanosheets for the synthesized material. The compositional characterization revealed that the synthesized material is bismuth ferrite with high purity. The BHNs were further used as efficient photocatalyst for the photocatalytic degradation of highly hazardous pollutant methyl orange under sunlight irradiation. The sunlight driven photocatalytic experiments revealed similar to 86% photo-degradation of methyl orange dye in 150 min. The presented work revealed that the synthesized BHNs are excellent material for the photocatalytic degradation of various organic contaminants and hazardous pollutants.
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