DOI: https://doi.org/10.9767/bcrec.17.2.13680.340-349

Hydrothermal Synthesis and Photocatalytic Activity of NiO Nanoparticles under Visible Light Illumination

1Department of Physics, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

2Nanotechnology & Catalysis Research Centre, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia

3Department Chemistry, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Debre Berhan University, Ethiopia

4 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Islam Indonesia, Kampus Terpadu UII, Jl. Kaliurang Km 14, Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

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Received: 17 Feb 2022; Revised: 11 Apr 2022; Accepted: 11 Apr 2022; Available online: 14 Apr 2022; Published: 30 Jun 2022.
Editor(s): Istadi Istadi
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In this present study, Nickel oxide (NiO) nanoparticles (NPs) have been synthesized using the hydrothermal method and characterized using powder X-ray Diffraction (XRD), UV-vis and Fourier Transform Infra Red (FTIR) spectroscopies, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), and Energy-Dispersive X-ray (EDX) methods. The result of the characterization indicates that the synthesized sample has a pure cubic phase of NiO with roughly spherical shape morphologies and respective estimated crystallinity and microstrain values of about 78% and 5.1. Test of the photocatalytic activity of the synthesized sample towards the model contaminant dye methylene blue (MB) shows a degradation efficiency of 46% in a period of 2 h under nature sunlight irradiation at natural pH and that the reaction could satisfactorily describe both pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order kinetic models. So, this synthesis method may potentially be used for the effective elimination of toxic organic pollutants from water and wastewater over prolonged exposure under natural sunlight without adding any oxidant or adjusting the pH of the reaction medium. Copyright © 2022 by Authors, Published by BCREC Group. This is an open access article under the CC BY-SA License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). 

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Keywords: Nickel oxide; Nanoparticles; Hydrothermal synthesis; Optical properties; Photocatalytic activity
Funding: University of Malaya Research Grant under contract RU001-2019, RU001-2020 and RU001-2021

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