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Preparation and photo-electrochemical characterization of the vanadium fluorophosphate Na3V2O2(PO4)2F. application to the photo degradation of methyl violet

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Na3V2O2(PO4)2F was synthesized by a facile hydrothermal route at 250 °C. The synthesized product (abbreviated NVPOF), characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) powder crystallizes in a tetragonal symmetry (space group: I4/mmm) with lattice parameters: a = 6.3956 Å, c = 10.6591 Å. The FTIR spectroscopy shows the characteristic peaks of (PO4)3− and V–O bonds. The morphology studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) shows that the image displays crystals with rectangular shape; the energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDX) confirms the elements existing in the compound with a composition close to the chemical formulation. The bandgap energy (Eg = 1.63 eV) of NVPOF is consistent with its green pale color. We also reported for the first time the photo-electrochemical characterization. The Mott–Schottky characteristic, plotted in Na2SO4 solution, displays p-type behavior with holes as majority carriers, a flat band potential (Efb = 1.31 VSCE). The Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) shows one semicircle in the frequency range (10 MHz—100 kHz), attributed to the charge transfer with a high impedance. As an application, the photoactivity of synthesized NVPOF was studied by degrading the methyl violet, a hazardous dye, under visible light irradiation. NVPOF is a potential photocatalyst for the photodegradation through the •OH and O2•− radicals. An abatement of 82% was obtained within 240 min and the kinetic follows a pseudo-first model with a half photocatalytic life of 98 min.

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The authors acknowledge the funding (Grant N° B00L01UN160420190020) from the Faculty of Chemistry (Algiers), Algeria.

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    S. Tartaya, R. Bagtache & A. M. Djaballah

  2. Biomedical, Magnetic and Semiconductor Materials Application and Research Center (BIMASRC), Sakarya University, 54187, Sakarya, Turkey

    M. Özacar

  3. Department of Chemistry, Science & Arts Faculty, Sakarya University, 54187, Sakarya, Turkey

    M. Özacar

  4. Laboratory of Storage and Valorisation of Renewable Energies, Faculty of Chemistry, USTHB, BP 32, 16111, Algiers, Algeria

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Tartaya, S., Bagtache, R., Djaballah, A.M. et al. Preparation and photo-electrochemical characterization of the vanadium fluorophosphate Na3V2O2(PO4)2F. application to the photo degradation of methyl violet. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, 15441–15452 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-06093-0

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