Rapid and eco-friendly synthesis of NiO/ZnO nanocomposite and its application in decolorization of dye

In this work NiO/ZnO nanocomposite was synthesized via simple, rapid and eco-friendly microwave-assisted method. Prepared NiO/ZnO nanocomposite was characterized by X-ray diffraction pattern, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, UV-Visible absorption spectroscopy and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Vibrating sample magnetometer analysis showed the ferromagnetic behavior of nanocomposite. In the following, prepared nanocomposite was used for photodegradation of methylene blue and rhodamin B under ultraviolet light irradiation. The results showed that nanocomposite has excellent photocatalyst performance.