Enhanced degradation of methylene blue dye using hydrothermally synthesized Nickel-doped Strontium oxide catalysts
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https://doi.org/10.14295/bjs.v3i12.663Keywords:
degradation, methylene blue, photocatalysis, wastewater treatment, hydrothermal synthesisAbstract
Methylene blue is an organic contaminant that is produced by the plastic, textile, and dye industries. Many studies have been undertaken to investigate the cleanup of methylene blue from industrial effluents. SrO nanoparticles are now being utilized to remove methylene blue colours from water. We used a hydrothermal technique to create strontium oxide nanoparticles for photocatalytic MB breakdown under light conditions. To enhance the solar light activity and avoid charge recombination, we employed a hydrothermal technique to add Ni as a dopant in strontium oxide nanoparticles. Strong base NaOH, nickel nitrate, and strontium nitrate were used as precursors. The nanoparticles were crushed into powder and calcined at 450 °C in a muffle furnace to produce SrO and Ni-doped SrO nanoparticles. The nanoparticles were analyzed using several analytical methods to determine their morphological and structural properties. At 309, 312, and 317 nm, UV-Vis spectroscopy showed absorbance values of SrO doped with varied nickel concentrations. The Ni–O stretching peak was identified in the FTIR analysis of strontium oxide nanoparticles at 402 cm-1 and 581 cm-1, whereas the Sr–O bond gave a signal at 854.84 cm-1. SEM images of Ni-doped SrO nanoparticles were created at various magnifications. The nanostrips are hexagonal and cylindrical. Sherrer's equation was used to compute the average crystalline structure, which showed that the diameters of pure and Ni-doped SrO (2 percent, 3 percent, and 4 percent) nanoparticles were 45.54 nm, 36.14 nm, 42.93 nm, and 41.21 nm, respectively. According to the EDX examination, the relative concentration of Ni-doped SrO is about 72 percent Sr and oxygen, with around 1.34 percent Ni. The resulting sample was tested for photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants in aqueous solution, such as methylene blue, and the completion of the reaction was monitored using UV-visible spectroscopy to measure the % photocatalytic degradation during light illumination. According to the UV-visible spectra, 90% of the dye was effectively destroyed.
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