TY - JOUR

T1 - Synthesis of nickel–manganese sulfide decorated with reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite for ultra-fast photocatalytic degradation of organic dye molecules

AU - Kandhasamy, Narthana

AU - Murugadoss, Govindhasamy

AU - Kannappan, Thiruppathi

AU - Kirubaharan, Kamalan

AU - Manavalan, Rajesh Kumar

AU - Devanesan, Sandhanasamy

AU - Alsalhi, Mohamad S.

AU - Mythili, R.

AU - Shinde, Surendra

AU - Yadav, Hemraj M.

N1 - The author (G. Murugadoss) acknowledges to Vice-Chancellor and the management of Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India for providing lab facilities and support. One of the authors, Rajesh Kumar Manavalan thanks the contract no. 40/is2 and gratefully acknowledges research funding from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (Ural Federal University project within the Priority 2030 Program). HMY expresses gratitude to the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India, for the award of the Ramanujan Fellowship (RJF/2020/000077). The authors express their sincere appreciation to the Researchers SupportingProject Number (RSP2024R398) King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

PY - 2024/3/1

Y1 - 2024/3/1

N2 - The untreated effluent dropping into the environment from various textile industries is a major issue. To solve this problem, development of an efficient catalyst for the degradation of macro dye molecules has attracted extensive attention. This work is mainly focused on the synthesis of nickel–manganese sulfide decorated with rGO nanocomposite (Ni–Mn-S/rGO) as an effective visible photocatalyst for degradation of textile toxic macro molecule dye. A simple hydrothermal method was used to synthesize Ni–Mn-S wrapped with rGO. The prepared composites were characterized using various techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), high-resolution scanning electron microscopy (HR-SEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM), Fourier transform infra-red spectrometer (FTIR), and ultra violet–visible (UV–Vis) spectroscopy. The photocatalytic performance of nickel sulfide (NiS), manganese sulfide (MnS), nickel–manganese sulfide (Ni–Mn-S), and Ni–Mn-S/rGO nanocomposite was assessed by analyzing the removal of acid yellow (AY) and rose bengal (RB) dyes under natural sun light. Among these, the Ni–Mn-S/rGO nanocomposite showed the high photocatalytic degradation efficiency of AY and RB dyes (20 ppm concentration) with efficiency at 96.1 and 93.2%, respectively, within 150-min natural sunlight irradiation. The stability of photocatalyst was confirmed by cycle test; it showed stable degradation efficiency even after five cycles. This work confirms that it is an efficient approach for the dye degradation of textile dyes using sulfide-based Ni–Mn-S/rGO nanocomposite.

AB - The untreated effluent dropping into the environment from various textile industries is a major issue. To solve this problem, development of an efficient catalyst for the degradation of macro dye molecules has attracted extensive attention. This work is mainly focused on the synthesis of nickel–manganese sulfide decorated with rGO nanocomposite (Ni–Mn-S/rGO) as an effective visible photocatalyst for degradation of textile toxic macro molecule dye. A simple hydrothermal method was used to synthesize Ni–Mn-S wrapped with rGO. The prepared composites were characterized using various techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), high-resolution scanning electron microscopy (HR-SEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM), Fourier transform infra-red spectrometer (FTIR), and ultra violet–visible (UV–Vis) spectroscopy. The photocatalytic performance of nickel sulfide (NiS), manganese sulfide (MnS), nickel–manganese sulfide (Ni–Mn-S), and Ni–Mn-S/rGO nanocomposite was assessed by analyzing the removal of acid yellow (AY) and rose bengal (RB) dyes under natural sun light. Among these, the Ni–Mn-S/rGO nanocomposite showed the high photocatalytic degradation efficiency of AY and RB dyes (20 ppm concentration) with efficiency at 96.1 and 93.2%, respectively, within 150-min natural sunlight irradiation. The stability of photocatalyst was confirmed by cycle test; it showed stable degradation efficiency even after five cycles. This work confirms that it is an efficient approach for the dye degradation of textile dyes using sulfide-based Ni–Mn-S/rGO nanocomposite.

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U2 - 10.1007/s42823-023-00654-5

DO - 10.1007/s42823-023-00654-5

M3 - Article

VL - 34

SP - 827

EP - 840

JO - Carbon Letters

JF - Carbon Letters

SN - 1976-4251

IS - 2

ER -