Improved photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B by g-CN loaded BiVO nanocomposites.

Photocatalytic degradation has emerged as one of the most efficient methods to eliminate toxic dyes from wastewater. In this context, graphitic nitride (g-CN) loaded BiVO nanocomposites (5 wt% g-CN@BiVO and 10 wt% g-CN@BiVO) have been fabricated by the wet impregnation method, and their efficiency towards photocatalytic removal of rhodamine B have been investigated under visible light irradiation. These hybrid composites have been characterized by XRD, FESEM, HRTEM, EDS-mapping, UV-Vis DRS, DLS, XPS and BET, etc.