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Green Synthesized Magnetically Separable Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Efficient Heterogeneous Photo-Fenton Degradation of Dye Pollutants

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Green synthesis of iron oxide nanoparticles (Fe NPs) was prepared using Delonix regia flower extract, and their Photo Fenton like oxidation was performed. The synthesized Fe–NPs were characterized using XRD, FESEM, FETEM, FT-IR, and VSM confirmed the formation both of Magnetite (Fe3O4) and Hematite (α-Fe2O3) nanoparticles. The prepared catalyst was used for the photo Fenton like degradation of Methylene blue (MB) and Congo red (CR) dyes. The optimization of various operational parameters, such as the influence of concentration of catalyst, H2O2, initial dye and initial pH was executed. The results showed that under optimum conditions, about 99% decolorization of both MB and CR dye was accomplished within 10 min. The catalyst was removed by an external magnet, and reuse study showed that there is no notable decrease in the efficacy of the catalyst was observed up to five cycles. The results are exemplifying that the biogenic prepared Fe NPs having high potential for the photo-assisted degradation of both MB and CR in the existence of H2O2.

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Abbreviations

Fe:

Iron

NPs:

Nanoparticles

Fe3O4 :

Magnetite

Fe2O3 :

Hametite

MB:

Methylene blue

CR:

Congo red

UV:

Ultra violet

H2O2 :

Hydrogen peroxide

•OH:

Hydroxyl radicals

TOC:

Total organic carbon

FeCl3 :

Ferric chloride

FeSO4 :

Feerous sulphate

XRD:

X-ray diffraction

FESEM:

Field emission scanning electron microscope

FETEM:

Field emission transmission electron microscope

FTIR:

Fourier Transform-Infrared

BET:

Brunauer–Emmett–Teller

TPA:

Terephthalic acid

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Acknowledgements

We acknowledge the Central Instrumentation Facility (CIF), Centre for Environment and Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, Assam for characterization studies of the synthesized nanoparticles. The author Dr. Saran thankful to IIT Guwahati for providing Institutional Post-Doctoral fellowship.

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    Arpan Chakraborty & Umesh Mishra

  2. Centre for Environment, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, 781039, India

    Saran Sarangapany & Kaustubha Mohanty

  3. Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, 781039, India

    Kaustubha Mohanty

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Chakraborty, A., Sarangapany, S., Mishra, U. et al. Green Synthesized Magnetically Separable Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Efficient Heterogeneous Photo-Fenton Degradation of Dye Pollutants. J Clust Sci 33, 675–685 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10876-021-02010-x

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