Jangam Kundan, Patil Kundan, Balgude Sagar, Patange Sunil, More Paresh
Department of Chemistry, K. E. T's, V. G. Vaze College Maharashtra India
Department of Chemistry, D. Y. Patil University Maharashtra India
RSC Adv. 2020 Nov 25;10(70):42766-42776. doi: 10.1039/d0ra08172h. eCollection 2020 Nov 23.
Nanomaterials have recently gained significant interest as they are believed to offer an outstanding prospect for use in environmental remediation. Among many possible candidates, due to their useful properties including magnetic nature, wide surface area, and high absorptivity, ferrite materials hold tremendous appeal, allowing them to be used for multifaceted applications. In the present study, using a sol-gel auto combustion process, a magnetically separable Zn Co Mg FeO ( = 0.0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 1.0) ferrite with superior photocatalytic activity for dye degradation was manufactured. Rietveld refinement and FTIR studies confirm that a single-phase cubic spinel system was built for all samples with crystallite sizes of 34-57 nm. VSM has determined the magnetic properties of the samples at room temperature. With the introduction of Mg and Co in the Zn ferrites, a transformation from the soft superparamagnetic activity to the hard ferromagnetic character was reported. Considering the band structure in the visible region, the photocatalytic activities of the Zn Co Mg FeO ferrites for the degradation of the MB dye under natural sunlight were investigated. ZnCoMgFeO showed an efficiency of degradation of 99.23% for MB dye with a quick 40 min irradiation period with high reusability of up to four cycles.
纳米材料最近引起了人们的极大兴趣,因为它们被认为在环境修复方面具有出色的应用前景。在众多可能的候选材料中,铁氧体材料因其具有磁性、高比表面积和高吸收率等有用特性而极具吸引力,可用于多方面应用。在本研究中,采用溶胶 - 凝胶自燃烧法制备了一种具有优异光催化活性、可用于染料降解的磁性可分离的ZnCoMgFeO( = 0.0、0.25、0.50、0.75、1.0)铁氧体。Rietveld精修和FTIR研究证实,所有样品均形成了单相立方尖晶石体系,微晶尺寸为34 - 57纳米。VSM测定了样品在室温下的磁性。据报道,在锌铁氧体中引入镁和钴后,其从软超顺磁活性转变为硬铁磁特性。考虑到可见光区域的能带结构,研究了ZnCoMgFeO铁氧体在自然阳光下对亚甲基蓝(MB)染料降解的光催化活性。ZnCoMgFeO对MB染料的降解效率为99.23%,在40分钟的快速照射期内具有高达四个循环的高可重复使用性。