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Enhanced Magneto-Optical, Morphological, and Photocatalytic Properties of Nickel-Substituted SnO2 Nanoparticles

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In this present study, pure and Ni2+ (3, 7, and 10% mol.)-substituted SnO2 nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized by sol-gel method. The prepared samples were characterized by powder XRD, FT-IR, FE-SEM, HR-TEM, EDX, UV-visible spectra, room temperature (RT) photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy, and VSM techniques. XRD study revealed the polycrystalline tetragonal rutile structure of pure and Ni2+-substituted SnO2 NPs. Crystallite size of pure and Ni2+-substituted SnO2 NPs were found to be 26 to 34 nm in range. FT-IR study confirmed the presence of metal-oxide (M-O) bond vibrations for pure and Ni-substituted SnO2 NPs. FE-SEM, EDX, HR-TEM, and SAED pattern indicated that pure and Ni2+-substituted SnO2 NPs are well-defined formation of spherical-sized nanocrystallites, with diameter of about 10–40 nm of grain size. UV-Vis spectrum specified a sharp absorption peak ~ 425 nm representing the band to band transition. RT-PL study showed the peak ~ 467 nm for all samples, indicating the band gap of 2.65 eV. The higher value of Ms is found to be 0.0429 emu/g for Ni-substituted SnO2 NPs. Magnetic study revealed that the Ni-substituted SnO2 NPs presented ferromagnetism. Photocatalytic degradation (PCD) of methylene blue (MB) was analyzed using photo-catalytic reactor and obtained the maximum of PCD efficiency of 3% Ni-substituted SnO2 NPs under the visible light irradiation.

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The author (A.M) is thankful to the management of Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research (BIHER) for their support and encouragement. This project was funded by the Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR) at King Khalid University (KKU), Abha, under Grant No. G.R.P-316-40. The authors (Basem Abdullah Al Alwan and Khaled Mohamed Khedher), therefore, acknowledge with thanks to DSR and the Chemical Engineering Department in the College of Engineering (KKU) for financial and technical support.

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Renuga, R., Manikandan, A., Mary, J.A. et al. Enhanced Magneto-Optical, Morphological, and Photocatalytic Properties of Nickel-Substituted SnO2 Nanoparticles. J Supercond Nov Magn 34, 825–836 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-020-05766-x

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