10.1007/s40089-019-00287-5

One-pot hydrothermal synthesis and characterization of magnetic nanocomposite of titania-deposited copper ferrite/ferrite oxide for photocatalytic decomposition of methylene blue dye

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  • Zahra Nasrollahi*1,
  • Azadeh Ebrahimian Pirbazari2,
  • Atefeh Hasan-Zadeh3,
  • Ali Salehi4,
  1. Nano-physics, Fouman Faculty of Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Fouman, Guilan, 43581-39115, IR
  2. Analytical Chemistry, Fouman Faculty of Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Fouman, Guilan, IR
  3. Mathematics, Fouman Faculty of Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Fouman, Guilan, IR
  4. Chemical Engineering, Fouman Faculty of Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Fouman, Guilan, IR
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Nasrollahi, Z., Ebrahimian Pirbazari, A., Hasan-Zadeh, A., & Salehi, A. (2019). One-pot hydrothermal synthesis and characterization of magnetic nanocomposite of titania-deposited copper ferrite/ferrite oxide for photocatalytic decomposition of methylene blue dye. International Nano Letters, 9(4 (December 2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40089-019-00287-5
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Abstract

Abstract The pure titania (TiO 2 ) and the heterogeneous ternary magnetic nanocomposite of copper ferrite/ferrite oxide (CuFe 2 O 4 /Fe 2 O 3 ) deposited by titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) were fabricated using a facile one-pot hydrothermal synthesis for the photocatalytic decomposition of methylene blue (MB) dye, under visible light. The nanocomposite was encoded as TCF in this work, where T stands for TiO 2 , C for CuFe 2 O 4 and F for Fe 2 O 3 . Various techniques such as powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, nitrogen physisorption, and vibrational sample magnetometry (VSM) were used to characterize the prepared samples. The PXRD data showed that the samples had pure anatase structure and the average crystal size of anatase TiO 2 in the pure titania and ternary nanocomposite were calculated 147 Å and 135 Å, respectively. The nitrogen physisorption analysis data showed that the pore diameter was increased from 10.6 nm in pure titania to 16.0 nm in TCF. The pore volume was also increased from 0.316 in titania to 0.383 cm 3 /g in TCF sample. It also increased the typical magnitude of the mesopores’ diameter and volume per weight but it reduced the specific surface area of the samples. The VSM analysis of the ternary nanocomposite showed a considerable magnetic property of the sample (1.99 emu/g), qualifying it as a paramagnetic material. The photocatalytic decomposition efficiency of MB reached 77% and 68% in the presence of pure titania and TCF ternary nanocomposite, after 240-min exposure by the visible light. Active species trapping experiments showed that the major active species responsible for the photodecomposition of MB in the presence of TCF are O2·-\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$${\text{O}}_{2}^{ \cdot - }$$\end{document} radicals and holes (h + ).

Keywords

  • Titania,
  • Copper ferrite,
  • Ferrite oxide,
  • Photocatalytic decomposition,
  • Methylene blue
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