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Adsorption and photocatalytic properties of NiO nanoparticles synthesized via a thermal decomposition process

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NiO nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized at different annealing temperatures via a thermal decomposition process and characterized using X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and UV-vis spectroscopy. The NiO NPs prepared at higher annealing temperature (400 °C) were shown excellent adsorption and photocatalytic activity toward textile dyes reactive black 5 (RB-5) and methylene blue (MB). About 87.2% of RB-5 in 60 min and 70.2% of MB in 5 h was removed using NiO NPs synthesized at 400 °C. The photocatalytic degradation of MB was found to increase with an increase in the annealing temperature of the catalyst. Moreover, the kinetic study revealed that the adsorption and photocatalytic activity of NiO NPs followed the second and first-order kinetics, respectively. The enhanced performance of NiO NPs toward dye removal might be related to its optical and structural properties.

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HSN acknowledges DST-SERB project (No. SB/S2/CMP-105/2013).

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  1. Materials Research Lab, Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, Mangalore, 575 025, India

    Martha Ramesh & Hosakoppa Nagaraja

  2. Nanomaterials and Solar Energy Conversion Lab, Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Trichy, 620015, India

    Martha Purna Chander Rao & Sambandam Anandan

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Ramesh, M., Rao, M.P.C., Anandan, S. et al. Adsorption and photocatalytic properties of NiO nanoparticles synthesized via a thermal decomposition process. Journal of Materials Research 33, 601–610 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2018.30

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