TY - JOUR
T1 - Synthesis of boron doped C3N4/NiFe2O4 nanocomposite
T2 - An enhanced visible light photocatalyst for the degradation of methylene blue
AU - Kamal, Surabhi
AU - Balu, Sridharan
AU - Palanisamy, Selvakumar
AU - Uma, Kasimayan
AU - Velusamy, Vijayalakshmi
AU - Yang, Thomas C.K.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the Precision Analysis and Materials Research Centre, National Taipei University of Technology , Taipei, Taiwan for the financial support to this research.
Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the Precision Analysis and Materials Research Centre, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan for the financial support to this research.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 The Authors
PY - 2019/3
Y1 - 2019/3
N2 - In this paper, we report the synthesis of boron doped C3N4/NiFe2O4 nanocomposite and its application as a visible-light photocatalyst for the degradation of methylene blue (MB). Boron-doped C3N4 (BCN) was prepared by simple thermal condensation of dicyandiamide with boric acid, and NiFe2O4 nanoparticles were prepared by the simple sol-gel method. The as-synthesized nanocomposite materials were characterized and confirmed by the X-ray diffraction spectroscopy, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, field-emission scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, UV–Visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and photoluminescence spectroscopy. The photocatalytic activity of BCN/NiFe2O4 nanocomposite was evaluated towards the degradation of MB in the presence of visible light irradiation. The obtained results confirmed that BCN/NiFe2O4 composite has higher degradation efficiency (98%) than that of BCN and NiFe2O4.
AB - In this paper, we report the synthesis of boron doped C3N4/NiFe2O4 nanocomposite and its application as a visible-light photocatalyst for the degradation of methylene blue (MB). Boron-doped C3N4 (BCN) was prepared by simple thermal condensation of dicyandiamide with boric acid, and NiFe2O4 nanoparticles were prepared by the simple sol-gel method. The as-synthesized nanocomposite materials were characterized and confirmed by the X-ray diffraction spectroscopy, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, field-emission scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, UV–Visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and photoluminescence spectroscopy. The photocatalytic activity of BCN/NiFe2O4 nanocomposite was evaluated towards the degradation of MB in the presence of visible light irradiation. The obtained results confirmed that BCN/NiFe2O4 composite has higher degradation efficiency (98%) than that of BCN and NiFe2O4.
KW - BCN/NiFeO nanocomposite
KW - Methylene blue
KW - Sol-gel method
KW - Thermal condensation
KW - Visible-light photocatalyst
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U2 - 10.1016/j.rinp.2019.01.004
DO - 10.1016/j.rinp.2019.01.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85059743853
SN - 2211-3797
VL - 12
SP - 1238
EP - 1244
JO - Results in Physics
JF - Results in Physics
ER -