Abstract
Herein, we report the facile synthesis, characterization and visible-light-driven photocatalytic degradation of perforated curly Zn
0.1
Ni
0.9
O nanosheets synthesized by hydrothermal process. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) studies
confirmed the cubic phase crystalline structure and growth of high density perforated curly Zn
0.1
Ni
0.9
O nanosheets, respectively. As a photocatalyst, using methylene blue (MB) as model pollutant, the synthesized nanosheets demonstrated a high degradation efficiency of
~76% in 60 min under visible light irradiation. The observed results suggest that the synthesized Zn
0.1
Ni
0.9
O nanosheets are attractive photocatalysts for the degradation of toxic organic waste in the water under visible light.