Photocatalytic Drug Degradation and Supercapacitor applications of FeVO4 and rGO ‐ FeVO4 Nanocomposite

Abstract

Constructing novel multifunctional materials is a promising approach to boost the catalysis activity and electrochemical performance simultaneously. Herein, hydrothermal synthesized FeVO4 nanosized particles dispersed on reduced graphene oxide (rGO) through cost‐effective simple sonochemical assisted route are developed as an efficient material for photocatalysis activity and high‐value‐added supercapacitor applications. The synthesized materials were characterized for structural and morphological purity and found to be in single phase and nanostructured. rGO‐FeVO4 composite shows excellent photodegradation of Levofloxacin (LVO) drug (100% over 80 min) compared with FeVO4 owing to the bandgap in visible region and larger surface area. Further, the optimized rGO‐FeVO4 composite was employed into supercapacitors, and it showed 3 times higher capacitance (211.4 F/g at 0.5 A/g) compared with FeVO4 (70.4 F/g) using half‐cell measurements. Moreover, the developed symmetric supercapacitors (full cell; SSCs) using rGO‐FeVO4 composite device showed 109 F/g capacitance at 0.5 A/g current density having high energy density of 13.6 Wh/kg at the power density of 450 W/kg. The proposed rGO‐FeVO4 composite proved its multifunctional outcomes, which can open new opportunities to develop such materials for numerous future applications.