Abstract
This work investigates the removal of acid orange 7 dye from aqueous solution through photo electrochemical technique using a composite of exfoliated graphite and bismuth vanadate (EG-BiVO4) as photoanode. Monoclinic sheelite BiVO4 nanoparticles were synthesised through the hydrothermal route and subsequently added to prepared EG to form a composite. The EG-BiVO4 composite was fully characterised through XRD, SEM and FTIR. The cyclic voltammograms of the EG-BiVO4 electrodes were obtained in potassium ferricyanide and ferrocyanide redox probe. The XRD result revealed that the BiVO4 has a monoclinic sheelite crystal lattice with particle size of 74.17 nm. The EG-BiVO4 photoanode was applied for the photoelectrochemical degradation of acid orange 7 dye. Concentration decay of the dye was monitored using the UV-Vis spectrophotometer. The photo-assisted process gave improved degradation efficiency of 88% within 90 min. Kinetics study revealed that the process followed the pseudo first-order kinetics and fast with apparent rate constant of 1.60 × 10−2 min−1. The results of this investigation reveal the potential application of BiVO4 photoanode in the photoelectrochemical treatment of dye contaminated water.
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