Catalysts,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(3), P. 233 - 233
Published: Feb. 28, 2025
One
of
the
main
challenges
in
environmental
remediation
is
creation
stable
and
effective
photocatalysts
to
eliminate
organic
contaminants
when
exposed
visible
light.
For
degradation
N-chloropiperidine,
a
persistent
pollutant
with
multiple
dangerous
issues,
we
provide
synthesis,
characterization,
photocatalytic
evaluation
Ni/NiO-incorporating
carbon
nitride
(Ni/NiO-C3N4)
composite
this
work.
The
Ni/NiO-C3N4
photocatalyst
was
created
by
single
step
thermally
polymerizing
nickel
nitrate
melamine.
Four
samples
are
ranged
Ni
concentration
from
0%
10%.
coexistence
NiO
phases
confirmed
structural
morphological
analyses
using
X-ray
diffraction
(XRD),
scanning
electron
microscopy
(SEM),
transmission
(TEM),
Fourier-transform
infrared
spectroscopy
(FTIR).
UV−Vis
diffuse
reflectance
(DRS)
also
demonstrated
an
enhanced
capacity
absorb
A
study
performance
under
light
illumination
showed
that
degraded
N-chloropiperidine
at
much
faster
rate
than
either
pure
(0.0231
min−1),
first-order
constant
0.0456
min−1.
reaction
nearly
quadrupled
10%
added
C3N4
matrix.
Furthermore,
composite’s
activity
performed
better
its
counterparts
Ni-C3N4
(0.0315
min−1)
NiO-C3N4
(0.0386
min−1).
synergistic
interaction
between
NiO,
which
promotes
charge
separation
lowers
electron–hole
recombination,
responsible
for
higher
Ni/NiO-C3N4,
increasing
production
reactive
oxygen
species.
reusability
experiments
conducted
over
four
successive
cycles
slight
decrease
activity,
indicating
prepared
reusable.
