We report here the synthesis of visible light sensitive PbO and Ni doped PbO nanoparticles by hydrothermal method and characterized by UV-DRS, photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL), FTIR, X-ray diffraction (XRD), SEM, EDAX and TGA. Further an efficient approach has been developed for degradation of methyl blue (MB) in aqueous medium. The photodegradation of dye was monitored as a function of dye concentration, pH and catalyst amount has been determined. The reduction in the chemical oxygen demand (COD) revealed the mineralization of dye along with colour removal.

PbO nanoparticles have been employed as an efficient catalyst for the solvent-free synthesis of tetrahydrobenzo pyrans (yields 81-91%) and benzylidene malonitriles (yields 90-96%) at room temperature using green chemistry approach. PbO nanoparticles were found to be highly efficient, eco-friendly and recyclable heterogeneous catalyst. PbO nanoparticles were prepared by hydrothermal method and characterized by IR, XRD, BET Surface area, SEM, EDAX and TEM with SAED techniques.

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