Facile hydrothermal synthesis of BiVO4 nanomaterials for degradation of industrial waste

Muhammad Salim Mansha; Tahir Iqbal; Muhammad Farooq; Khalid Nadeem Riaz; Sumera Afsheen; Muhammad Shehzad Sultan; Nabil Al-Zaqri; Ismail Warad; Arslan Masood

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15978

Facile hydrothermal synthesis of BiVO₄ nanomaterials for degradation of industrial waste

Muhammad Salim Mansha
, Tahir Iqbal^*
, Muhammad Farooq
, Khalid Nadeem Riaz
, Sumera Afsheen
, Muhammad Shehzad Sultan
, Nabil Al-Zaqri
, Ismail Warad
, Arslan Masood

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Bismuth Vanadate (BiVO₄) has been synthesized using simple hydrothermal technique while varying the pH of concentrated H₂SO₄. With the increase of pH values (from 06 to 10), the morphology of the synthesized material tuned in the form of nano-spheres and cubes in the range from 50 to 60 nm. The lateral affect tuned the bandgap of BiVO₄ from 2.47 eV to 2.50 eV which is significant in the context of present study. It is worth mentioning that desirous bandgap corresponds to the visible spectrum of the solar light being abundantly available and finds many applications in real life. The synthesized nanomaterial BiVO₄ has been characterized through UV–Vis spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, Scanning electron microscope and energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy. The synthesized BiVO₄ has been tested as photocatalyst for degradation of industrial pollutant from Leather Field Industry. Said catalyst (BiVO₄) successfully degraded the industrial pollutant after 3 h under solar light irradiation. Therefore, the BiVO₄ can be regarded as potential photocatalyst for degradation of industrial waste which is highly needed.

Original language	English
Article number	e15978
Journal	Heliyon
Volume	9
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15978
State	Published - May 2023
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Bismuth vanadate nano-spheres
Crystal growth
Industrial pollutants
Photo-catalysis

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