PMID- 33316499
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210106
LR  - 20221207
IS  - 1873-6424 (Electronic)
IS  - 0269-7491 (Linking)
VI  - 269
DP  - 2021 Jan 15
TI  - A straightforward synthesis of visible light driven BiFeO(3)/AgVO(3) 
      nanocomposites with improved photocatalytic activity.
PG  - 116067
LID - S0269-7491(20)36756-7 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116067 [doi]
AB  - Herein, an efficient visible-light-driven BiFeO(3)/AgVO(3) nanocomposite was 
      effectively fabricated via a facile co-precipitation procedure. The 
      physicochemical properties of BiFeO(3)/AgVO(3) nanocomposites were investigated 
      via Fourier transform-infrared (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron 
      microscopy (SEM), photoluminescence (PL), UV visible diffuse reflectance 
      spectroscopy (DRS) and photoelectrochemical studies (PEC). The photocatalytic 
      activity (PCA) of BiFeO(3)/AgVO(3) nanocomposites was assessed with regard to the 
      photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine-B (RhB) when subjected to visible light 
      irradiation (VLI). Upon 90 min of illumination, the optimal 3%-BiFeO(3)/AgVO(3) 
      nanocomposite showed a greater photocatalytic degradation, which was  approximately 3 times 
      higher than the bare AgVO(3). The lower PL intensity of 3%-BiFeO(3)/AgVO(3) 
      nanocomposite exposed the low recombination rate, which improved the 
      photo-excited charge carriers separation efficiency. The experimental outcomes 
      showed that the BiFeO(3)/AgVO(3) nanocomposite might be an encouraging material 
      for treatment of industrial and metropolitan wastewater. Moreover, a plausible 
      RhB degradation mechanism was proposed proving the participation of the generated 
      OH and O(2)(-) radicals in the degradation over BiFeO(3)/AgVO(3) nanocomposite.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Bavani, Thirugnanam
AU  - Bavani T
AD  - Solar Energy Lab, Department of Chemistry, Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore, 632 
      115, India.
FAU - Madhavan, Jagannathan
AU  - Madhavan J
AD  - Solar Energy Lab, Department of Chemistry, Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore, 632 
      115, India. Electronic address: jagan.madhavan@gmail.com.
FAU - Prasad, Saradh
AU  - Prasad S
AD  - Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Science, King Saud University, 
      11451, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - AlSalhi, Mohamad S
AU  - AlSalhi MS
AD  - Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Science, King Saud University, 
      11451, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: malsalhi@ksu.edu.sa.
FAU - AlJaafreh, Mamduh J
AU  - AlJaafreh MJ
AD  - Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Science, King Saud University, 
      11451, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20201111
PL  - England
TA  - Environ Pollut
JT  - Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
JID - 8804476
RN  - 0 (Waste Water)
SB  - IM
MH  - Catalysis
MH  - Light
MH  - *Nanocomposites
MH  - Wastewater
MH  - X-Ray Diffraction
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - BiFeO(3)/AgVO(3)
OT  - Degradation
OT  - Photocatalysis
OT  - Rhodamine B
OT  - Visible light
COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known 
      competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared 
      to influence the work reported in this paper.
EDAT- 2020/12/15 06:00
MHDA- 2021/01/07 06:00
CRDT- 2020/12/14 20:10
PHST- 2020/09/04 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/10/27 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/11/08 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/12/15 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/01/07 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2020/12/14 20:10 [entrez]
AID - S0269-7491(20)36756-7 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116067 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Pollut. 2021 Jan 15;269:116067. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116067. Epub 
      2020 Nov 11.