Architecting diverse carbonous nanocomposites of Sr2V2O7 for enhanced photodegradation potential of organic pollutants: sonochemical synthesis, characterization, optimization of conditions and mechanisms
摘要
The present study equips sonochemical synthesis of Sr2V2O7 (SVO) nanoparticles with carbon coating’s impact to destroy the solutions polluted with hazardous contaminants including rhodamine B (RhB), methylene blue (MB), and methyl orange (MO) under visible-light radiation. Using diverse amine templates with dual functionality of precipitation/capping agent in sono-reaction, identification techniques exhibited morphologically desirable and triclinic SVO sample in the presence of teta, which had a mean of 72.08 nm and specific surface area of 14.621 m2/g. To minimize charge recombination, increase in surface area/photoactive sites, and shift toward a larger wavelength window, the incorporation of different carbon structures on the SVO surface was perused. Particularly, detailed photodegradation investigations followed the order of MO < MB < RhB with maximum efficiency for binary SVO/g-C3N4 nanocomposites as compared with other as-obtained SVO-based compounds. Photo-operational variables in starting RhB concentration and catalyst dosage offered that 89.39% degradation could result in 50 mg of SVO/g-C3N4 nanocomposites and 10 ppm dye within 120 min of visible irradiation. High photo-durability of resultant SVO/g-C3N4 nanocomposites showed five time regeneration process with only 14.39% reduction in activity. It is hoped that the effectiveness of the photocatalytic heterostructure’s design based on SVO nanoparticles and g-C3N4 nanosheets could be contributed in regulating the interface charge transfer pathway for environmental clean-up.