Synthesis and Characterization of Ni/Al Layered Double Hydroxides Composite Based-Material with Chitosan, Cellulose, and Graphene Oxide

Amri Amri (Doctoral Program of Environmental Science, Postgraduate Program, Sriwijaya University, Palembang, 30139, Indonesia)
Zaqiya Artha Zahara (Research Center of Inorganic Materials and Coordination Complexes, Sriwijaya University, Palembang, 30139, Indonesia)
Patimah Mega Syah Bahar Nur Siregar (Research Center of Inorganic Materials and Coordination Complexes, Sriwijaya University, Palembang, 30139, Indonesia)
Zulkarnain (Magister Program of Materials Science Graduate School of Universitas Sriwijaya, Palembang, 30139, Indonesia)
Alfan Wijaya (Doctoral Program of Environmental Science, Postgraduate Program, Sriwijaya University, Palembang, 30139, Indonesia)

Indonesian Journal of Material Research
Vol. 2 No. 1 (2024): March

In this study, the synthesis of composite materials produced from Ni/Al with three types of carbon-based materials namely chitosan (Ch), cellulose (Ce), and graphene oxide (GO) was successfully carried out supported by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) analysis. The combined characteristics of the two starting materials are present in the composite material based on XRD and FT-IR data. The surface area of Ni/Al-LDH increased after compositing with Ch, Ce, and GO, from 3.3 m2/g to 9.5 m2/g in Ni/Al-Ch, 5.1 m2/g in Ni/Al-Ce, and 78.4 m2/g in Ni/Al-GO. These findings indicate that the materials are suitable for various applications such as photocatalytic and adsorption as effective materials in further research.