Pristine and Nickel Doped Bismuth Vanadate Nanopowder For p-Nitrophenol Degradation Under UV Light Irradiation

Abstract

The current work outlines the breakdown of p-(C 6 H 5 NO 3 ) utilizing pure and various concentrations of BiVO 4 /Ni hybrid material prepared by the precipitation method. The composition and surface structure investigations were studied using several techniques such as XRD, and SEM coupled to EDAX spectroscopy. The hybrid material presented absorption edge of 2.5 to 2.87 eV was calculated through the computation of the KM function employed to diffuse reflectance spectrophotometry data. Ultraviolet-Visible spectral analysis was carried out to screen the breakdown of p-(C 6 H 5 NO 3 ) and the development of secondary products. The application of pure and BiVO 4 /Ni-based photo catalyzer reduce the amount of carbon after the breakdown of p-(C 6 H 5 NO 3 ). Depends upon the outcomes acquired in the studies, pure and Ni doped Bismuth vanadate (3%, 5% and 7%) has end up being an optimistic material appropriate to eliminate contrary chemicals in water treatment plants.