Polymer-Assisted Synthesis and Characterization of Nickel Aluminate Nanoparticles for Photodegradation of Methylene Blue

Journal of Advanced Materials and Processing

دوره 9، شماره 4، بهمن 2021، صفحه 13-22   

نوع مقاله: Research Paper

نویسندگان

Sogol Bakhtiarvand؛ Seyed Ali Hassanzadeh Tabrizi^*

Advanced Materials Research Center, Department of Materials Engineering, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran

چکیده

A simple polymer-assisted wet chemical method was used to synthesize NiAl₂O₄ nanopowder. The photocatalytic properties of synthesized powders were investigated for the degradation of methylene blue. For this aim, metal salts and polymeric precursors were dissolved in water, and then a crosslinker was added till a gel was formed. The product was calcined to produce nanopowders. XRD results confirmed the formation of nickel aluminate with spinel structure. In addition, the findings showed that the produced NiAl₂O₄ nanopowders have a particle size range between 35 to 100 nm with a uniform particle size distribution. The optical properties of the samples showed that the bandgap energy of NiAl₂O₄ is about 3.44 eV. The nickel aluminate nanopowders demonstrated high photocatalytic activity for photodegradation of methylene blue, which could be attributed to their small particle sizes. It seems that the polymer-assisted wet chemical synthesis may open up an effective route for the production of ceramic photocatalyst nanopowders with high quality.

کلیدواژه‌ها

NiAl2O4؛ Nanopowders؛ Photocatalytic activity؛ Wet chemical method

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