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Nickel-doped magnetic carbon aerogel derived from xanthan gum: a competent catalyst for the degradation of single and binary dye-based water pollutants

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Toxic organic dyes (colorants) are one of the main causes of water pollution that releases destructive effluents in the environment. To overcome this issue, a fundamental need to produce a novel, efficient catalyst for the degradation and mineralization of dye mixtures has arisen. The objective of this research is to develop an eminent Ni-doped magnetic carbon aerogel (Ni-MCA) catalyst using graft co-polymerization method having xanthan gum as backbone doped with Ni-magnetic nanoparticles (Ni-MNPs), that do not show agglomeration and easy to separate. The examination revealed that Ni-MCA provided exceptional magnetic characteristics (Ms = 52.75 emu/g) and potent catalytic activity for the degradation of mono- as well as binary-dye solutions of Congo red (CR) and methyl green (MG) dyes. The formation was verified by various characterization techniques such as FTIR, VSM, XRD, XPS, SEM, TEM, and EDX mapping. Interestingly, Ni-MCA shows faster result on anionic dye CR up to 97% with degradation rate of 5.647 × 10−1 min−1, and MG dye shows degradation of 95.7% with the degradation rate of 2.169 × 10−1 min−1, while dye mixture is showing 90% degradation with rate of 2.159 × 10−1 min−1.

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VM duly thanks the Science and Engineering Research Board, New Delhi, for the financial support in the terms of SERB-TARE Project (TAR/2022/000673) and Amity University Noida.

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    Deeksha Mudgal, Nisha Yadav & Vivek Mishra

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were performed by Deeksha Mudgal and Nisha Yadav. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Deeksha Mudgal, and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Mudgal, D., Yadav, N. & Mishra, V. Nickel-doped magnetic carbon aerogel derived from xanthan gum: a competent catalyst for the degradation of single and binary dye-based water pollutants. Environ Sci Pollut Res (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-33605-2

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