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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Volume 319, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115674
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NiCr2O4-B2S3-Cr2S3 NCs; Photodegradation; Methyl orange and Congo red
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- King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia [RSP-2021/176]
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In this study, NiCr2O4 nanocomposite modified with 3D C2S3 (CS) and 2D Bi2S3 (BS) (NCO-BS-CS NCs) was prepared and showed enhanced photocatalytic activity for the degradation of toxic organic pollutants.
In this study, 3D C2S3 (CS) and 2D Bi2S3 (BS) modified NiCr2O4 nanocomposite (NCO-BS-CS NCs) was prepared by sonochemical assisted co-precipitation method for the enhanced photocatalytic activity. Here, NCO-BS-CS NCs showed band gap energy of 2.23 eV and the PL intensity of NCO-BS-CS NCs was lower than NCO, BS, and CS NPs. Thus, the results indicate the fabricated NCO-BS-CS NCs enhance the charge segregation and lower in recombination rate. NCO-BS-CS NCs showed enhanced photodegradation of methyl orange (MO) (95%) and congo red (CR) (99.7%) respectively. The total organic compound (TOC) analysis shows the complete mineralization of about 91 and 98% for MO and CR respectively. Furthermore, the Fukui function was used for the prediction of reactive sites in the photodegradation pathway of MO and CR by NCs. ECOSAR program was done to determine the toxicity of the intermediate and the results conclude that the degraded product shows nontoxic to the environmental organism (fish, daphnia, and algae). Thus, the fabricated NCO-BS-CS NCs can be used for the remediation of toxic organic pollutants from the waste water by photocatalytic degradation.
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