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Synthesis and characterization of nanosheet NiMoO4 powder as a highly efficient and reusable catalyst for environmental remediation

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The simple and eco-friendly co-precipitation method is used to synthesize nickel molybdate in an aqueous solution at room temperature. The physical properties of NiMoO4 are investigated using several techniques, such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), which perfectly fits the crystalline α-form of NiMoO4. Moreover, scanning electron microscope (SEM) images show nanosheet-like particles. The atomic force microscopy (AFM) measurements reveal high roughness of the particle’s surface. Furthermore, the investigations into the main electronic levels of α-NiMoO4 suggest a strong UV–visible light absorption. The optical band gap is found to be about 2.36 eV. Then, the photocatalytic activity of the synthesized NiMoO4 nanoparticles (NPs) is tested against methylene blue (MB) dye as a pollutant model. The obtained results reveal good capacity of MB degradation even in the dark. It exhibits a degradation efficiency up to 87% within 60 min, under visible-light illumination, and 44% in the dark. The photocatalytic stability of NiMoO4 NPs is studied as well. So, successive photocatalytic cycles show that the photocatalyst is still efficient even after five cycles. The obtained results permit to optimistically consider α-NiMoO4 nanosheets as talented photocatalyst for environmental applications, such as photodegradation of hazardous pollutants.

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Acknowledgements

The authors wish to thank Campus France and the Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education and scientific Research for financial support within program (PHC Utique project No 17G1143). We acknowledge the Institute of D’Alembert (IDA), Dr. Rasta GHASEMI, for the assistance with SEM-EDS analysis. We thank Prof. Kamel Khirouni from Laboratoire de Physique des Matériaux et des Nanomatériaux Appliquée à l’Environnement, Faculté des Sciences de Gabes, Tunisia, for the assistance in reflectance measurements.

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Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique(TN), Campus France, PHC Utique project No 17G1143, Thamer Aloui

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    T. Aloui, N. Fourati & C. Zerrouki

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Aloui, T., Guermazi, H., Fourati, N. et al. Synthesis and characterization of nanosheet NiMoO4 powder as a highly efficient and reusable catalyst for environmental remediation. J Nanopart Res 24, 35 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-022-05417-3

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