Copper/Nickel-Decorated Olive Pit Biochar: One Pot Solid State Synthesis for Environmental Remediation

Developing micro- and nanomaterials for environmental pollution remediation is currently a pertinent topic. Among the plethora of strategies, designing supported nanocatalysts degradation pollutants has achieved prominence. In this context, we are addressing one UN Sustainable Development Goals by valorizing agrowaste as source biochar, which serves support bimetallic nanocatalysts. Herein, olive pit powder particles were impregnated with copper nickel nitrates pyrolyzed at 400 °C. The resulting material consists CuNi-decorated biochar. CuNi found to be small 10 nm very well dispersed over biochar zero valent formation copper–nickel solid solutions. biochar@CuNi (B@CuNi) exhibited typical soft ferromagnet hysteresis loops remanence coercivity. was an efficient catalyst reduction in methyl orange (MO) dye, taken model pollutant. sum, one-pot method devised work provides unique broadens horizons emerging topic biochar-supported