Abstract:
Water pollution by methylene blue dye has become a reason for environmental pollution and has
been hostile to the aquatic ecosystem and this wastewater needs treatment. Nano sized, bismuth
ferrite (BFO) nanoparticles were prepared via facile sol-gel technique at 450°C, 550°C,
and 650°C. The synthesized BFO NPs characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X ray diffraction, and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy techniques. The BFO NPs synthesized
at 650°C having the smallest crystal size (8.95nm) explored for the catalytic degradation of
methylene blue dye in aqueous solution. The effect of different investigational parameters such
as amount of BFO catalyst, initial MB dye concentration and degradation contact time on
the catalytic degradation of MB studied. The degradation reaction followed pseudo- first-order
kinetics with respect to catalyst dosage. In 20-ppm methylene blue, aqueous solution high removal
efficiency (97.02%) was achieved by using 10mg BFO at a contact time of 5-min.