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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
卷 20, 期 2, 页码 2021-2036出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s13762-022-04101-2
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Bandgap energy; Electron; hole pair recombination; Photocatalysis; Photoluminescence; Reaction rate constant; Reusability
NiO and Ag-Cd co-doped NiO nanoparticles were synthesized using a sol-gel method and their photocatalytic performance in the degradation of rhodamine B dye under visible light was studied. The Cd0.15Ag0.30Ni0.55O sample showed the best photocatalytic efficiency and reaction rate.
For the first time, NiO and Ag-Cd co-doped NiO CdxAg0.30Ni0.70-xO (X = 0.0, 0.05, 0.10, and 0.15) have been synthesized through a facile sol-gel method to investigate the photocatalytic performance by visible-light-driven degradation of rhodamine B dye for wastewater treatment. All samples were characterized through X-ray diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray, Fourier transform infrared, photoluminescence, and ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy for structural, morphological, elemental, functional groups, optical, and bandgap analysis, respectively. Face-centered cubic structure of NiO was confirmed through X-ray diffraction. The formation of NiO and Ag-Cd co-doped NiO nanoparticles was confirmed through elemental and functional groups analysis. Optical properties obtained from photoluminescence spectroscopy revealed visible-light emission spectrum and slower electron/hole pair recombination rate with an increase in doping. Minimum optical bandgap energy of 2.37 eV was found for the Cd0.15Ag0.30Ni0.55O sample. Photocatalytic performance study revealed that degradation followed first-order kinetics. Cd0.15Ag0.30Ni0.55O was the best sample which showed the maximum efficiency of 97%, the reaction rate constant K (min(-1)) of 0.0496, and the correlation coefficient (R-2) of 0.988 after 140-min degradation of rhodamine B dye. The reusability and stability of the best sample were checked for six cycles by obtaining an X-ray diffraction pattern after the photocatalytic process.
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