Algal biochar reinforced trimetallic nanocomposite as adsorptional/photocatalyst for remediation of malachite green from aqueous medium

  • Gaurav Sharma*
  • , Sangeeta Bhogal
  • , Vinod Kumar Gupta
  • , Shilpi Agarwal
  • , Amit Kumar
  • , Deepak Pathania
  • , Genene Tessema Mola
  • , Florian J. Stadler
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The algal biochar reinforced trimetallic nanocomposite (AlBc TNC) was fabricated by employing facile greener microwave technique. AlBcTNC was explored as a promising adsorbent/photocatalyst designed for the exclusion of malachite green (MG). The prepared AlBcTNC was examined by X-Ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-Ray diffraction (XRD), Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The investigational outcomes disclosed that the fabricated AlBcTNC has good adsorptional/photocatalytic potential towards the remediation of MG. 94% of MG dye was remediated using the adsorptional/photocatalytic process. The detail photo-degradation mechanism was inspected by analysing the degradation intermediates using LC-MS technique.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)499-509
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Molecular Liquids
Volume275
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Feb 2019
Externally publishedYes

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Keywords

  • Adsorptional/photocatalytic
  • Algal biochar
  • Malachite green
  • Trimetallic nanocomposite

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Spectroscopy
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

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