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Microwave Induced Inverse Spinel NiFe2O4 Decorated g-C3N4 Nanosheet for Enhanced Visible Light Photocatalytic Activity

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Herein we report a facile and low cost microwave irradiation method was adapted to design and fabricate the NiFe2O4/g-C3N4 hybrid catalyst. The different amount of NiFe2O4 (5, 10 and 15 wt%) was incorporated in to g-C3N4 and various characterizations such as XRD, SEM, TEM, RAMAN, UV, PL and BET analysis were exploit to know the optical, morphological and textural behavior. XRD and TEM results suggest that cubic structure and aggregated nanoparticles in the range of 25–35 nm was uniformly decorated on the surface of g-C3N4 nanosheets. The incorporated NiFe2O4 in to g-C3N4 could dominate in the surface area with porous nature and tuning the optical property in the visible light region. This could improve the rapid photo degradation efficiency of methyl orange (MO) and rhodamine B (RhB) under stimulated visible light irradiation. The 15 wt% NiFe2O4/g-C3N4 show outstanding removal efficiency of 97% and high apparent constant (0.427 min−1) and unbelievable stability towards MO dye. The rate of recombination is greatly lowered, and the composite catalyst's enhanced absorption of visible light plays a critical role in improving photocatalytic performance. On the basis of the data, the improved behaviour of the photocatalyst was comprehensively discussed.

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Renukadevi, S., Jeyakumari, A.P. Microwave Induced Inverse Spinel NiFe2O4 Decorated g-C3N4 Nanosheet for Enhanced Visible Light Photocatalytic Activity. J Clust Sci 33, 2019–2029 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10876-021-02123-3

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