The Biosynthesis of Nickel Oxide Nanoparticles: An Eco-Friendly Approach for Azo Dye Decolorization and Industrial Wastewater Treatment

Sadia Mustafa; Faisal Mahmood; Usman Shafqat; Sabir Hussain; Muhammad Shahid; Fatima Batool; Rehab O. Elnour; Mohamed Hashem; Tahani A.Y. Asseri; Tanvir Shahzad

doi:10.3390/su152014965

The Biosynthesis of Nickel Oxide Nanoparticles: An Eco-Friendly Approach for Azo Dye Decolorization and Industrial Wastewater Treatment

Sadia Mustafa
, Faisal Mahmood
, Usman Shafqat
, Sabir Hussain
, Muhammad Shahid
, Fatima Batool
, Rehab O. Elnour
, Mohamed Hashem
, Tahani A.Y. Asseri
, Tanvir Shahzad^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Wastewater is one of the major concerns for agriculture, and the composition of wastewater depends on its origin. Generally, industrial wastewater consists of azo dyes and heavy metals that contaminate the food chain. In this study, nickel oxide nanoparticles (NiO-NPs) were biosynthesized from Shewnella spp. and characterized by UV–visible spectroscopy (UV–vis), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Azo dye decolorization indicated that NiO-NPs decolorize methylene blue (MB) (82.36%), Congo red (CR) (93.57%), malachite green (MCG) (91.05%), reactive black 5(RB5) (55.17%), reactive red-II(RR-II) (55.45%), and direct blue-I(DB-I) (59.94%) at a dye concentration of 25 mg L⁻¹ after 4 h of sunlight exposure. Additionally, the rate of decolorization was also examined for a 50 mg L⁻¹ concentration of dye. In order to investigate the photocatalytic potential of NiO-NPs, different dyes were also subjected to static and shaking conditions for dye decolorization. The treatment of industrial wastewater with NiO-NPs showed a significant reduction in pH from 8.5 to 6.1, EC (48.38%), chemical oxygen demand (49.24%), total dissolved solids (67.05%), sulfates (52.5%), and phosphates (49.49%). The results of this study indicated that biosynthesized NiO-NPs are an attractive choice for azo dye degradation and industrial wastewater treatment, and they can help save the depleted natural resources of water for agricultural purposes.

Original language	English
Article number	14965
Journal	Sustainability (Switzerland)
Volume	15
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/su152014965
State	Published - Oct 2023
Externally published	Yes

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microbial synthesis
nickel oxide nanoparticles
photocatalytic decolorization
screening of microbes
wastewater remediation

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Computer Science (miscellaneous)
Geography, Planning and Development
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Hardware and Architecture
Computer Networks and Communications
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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The Biosynthesis of Nickel Oxide Nanoparticles: An Eco-Friendly Approach for Azo Dye Decolorization and Industrial Wastewater Treatment

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