Abstract
Plant based materials are considered to have broad applications in the remediation of toxic materials. In this report, we present an environmental friendly and economic
, named as (CP) supported for the synthesis of Ni nanoparticles (NPs) designated as Ni@CP. The
Ni@CP NPs were obtained using aqueous medium in the presence of sodium borohydride (NaBH
) as a reducing agent. The prepared catalysts were applied for the hydrogenation/degradation of
-nitrophenol (PNP),
-nitrophenol (ONP), and 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP), as well as congo red (CR), methyl orange (MO), methylene blue (MB) and rhodamine B (RB) dyes. The amount of total metal ions adsorbed onto the CP was evaluated by flame atomic absorption spectroscopy. The Ni@CP catalyst was characterized through PXRD, FTIR, FESEM and EDX analyses.