Full Factorial Analysis of Variance Technique for Catalytic Reduction of 4-Nitrophenol Using rGO-CuO under Aqueous System with Kinetic Studies

In this manuscript, we have presented a simple synthesis of reduced graphene oxide and copper oxide nanocomposite using ultrasonication method. The morphology of synthesized nanocomposite is evaluated using XRD, FTIR, SEM, and TEM. The prepared nanocomposite is then used for the reduction of major water pollutant p-nitrophenol. We have tried to reduce different concentrations of p-nitrophenol such as 0.1 mmol, 0.25 mmol, and 0.50 mmol by using different amount of catalyst loading and sodium borohydride. After that the analysis of the data is done using full factorial analysis to know the better set of reaction.