Synthesis of NiO:V2O5 nanocomposite and its photocatalytic efficiency for methyl orange degradation
Salam A. Mohammed,
Lamya Al Amouri,
Emad Yousif,
Ali Abd Ali,
Fazal Mabood,
Hazim F. Abbas,
Sausan Alyaqoobi
Affiliations
Salam A. Mohammed
Department of Chemical and Petrochemical Engineering, College of Engineering and Architecture, University of Nizwa, 616, Nizwa, Oman; Corresponding authors.
Lamya Al Amouri
Department of Chemical and Petrochemical Engineering, College of Engineering and Architecture, University of Nizwa, 616, Nizwa, Oman
Emad Yousif
Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq; Corresponding authors.
Ali Abd Ali
Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq
Fazal Mabood
Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Nizwa, 616, Nizwa, Oman
Hazim F. Abbas
Department of Chemical and Petrochemical Engineering, College of Engineering and Architecture, University of Nizwa, 616, Nizwa, Oman
Sausan Alyaqoobi
DARIS Centre for Scientific Research and Technology Development, University of Nizwa, Oman
Vanadium oxide has been largely exploited as a catalyst in many industrial applications. In this article, we show the synthesis of vanadium oxide (V2O5): Nickel Oxide (NiO) composite using sol-gel method at optimum conditions. The composite nanomaterials were used to remove methyl orange from waste water via harnessing the photocatalytic activity of it which showed an excellent efficiency of removal at 88%, and 93% after the exposure to the light, and light with heating respectively. This will pave the way into further implementation of these nanomaterials in the removal of some other dyes and contaminants from wastewater.
