Hydrothermal Assisted Synthesis of FeWO4 for Degradation of 2-Nitrophenol under Visible Light Illumination

Authors

  • M. Jagadeesh Babu  Department of Physical, Nuclear and Chemical Oceanography, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India
  • B. Sathish Mohan  Department of Inorganic & Analytical Chemistry, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India
  • R. Balaji Anjaneyulu  
  • Ch. C. Sailaja Lakshmi  
  • R. Muralikrishna  

Keywords:

FeWO4, hydrothermal, 2-Nitrophenol and visible light irradiation

Abstract

In this paper, the iron tungstate (FeWO4) particles were synthesized by a simple, facile and green hydrothermal approach using sodium tungstate and iron nitrate. The synthesized material have been characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and UV-Visible diffuse reflectance spectrophotometer (UV-Vis DRS). These results reveal that the hydrothermally synthesized FeWO4 material is a promising photocatalyst for the degradation of 2-Nitrophenol (2-NP) under visible light illumination.

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M. Jagadeesh Babu, B. Sathish Mohan, R. Balaji Anjaneyulu, Ch. C. Sailaja Lakshmi, R. Muralikrishna, " Hydrothermal Assisted Synthesis of FeWO4 for Degradation of 2-Nitrophenol under Visible Light Illumination, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 4, Issue 2, pp.417-422, January-February-2018.