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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange dye by NiFe2O4 nanoparticles under visible irradiation: effect of varying the synthesis temperature

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Nanoparticles of nickel ferrites (NiFe2O4) were synthesized at different temperature of synthesis (25, 50 and 80 °C) through the chemical co-precipitation method. The synthesized powders were characterized using X-ray diffraction for crystallite size and lattice parameter calculation. It reveals the presence of cubic spinel structure of ferrites with crystallite size between 29 and 41 nm. Transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy showed uniform distribution of ferrite particles with some agglomeration. The Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy showed absorption bonds, which were assigned to the vibration of tetrahedral and octahedral complexes. Raman spectroscopy is used to verify that we have synthesized ferrite spinels and determines their phonon modes. The thermal decomposition of the NiFe2O4 was investigated by TGA/DTA. The optical study UV–visible is used to calculate the band gap energy. Magnetic measurements of the samples were carried out by means of vibrating sample magnetometer and these studies reveal that the formed nickel ferrite exhibits ferromagnetic behavior. Photoluminescence showed three bands of luminescence located at 420, 440 and 535 nm. The photocatalytic properties of nickel ferrite (NiFe2O4) nanoparticles were evaluated by studying the photodecomposition of methyl orange as organic pollutant models and showed a good photocatalytic activity.

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  • 06 May 2020

    The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article [1] because it substantially overlaps with the following articles (among others) [2���6]. [Author Abdelmajid Lassoued does not agree to this retraction and none of the other authors have responded to any correspondence from the editor or publisher about this retraction.]

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The present work was supported by the Research Funds of Electrochemistry, Materials and Environment Research Unit UREME (UR17ES45), Faculty of Sciences Gabes University, Tunisia and Structures, Properties and Modeling of Solids (SPMS) Laboratory, Ecole Centrale Paris, France.

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  1. Unité de Recherche Electrochimie, Matériaux et Environnement UREME (UR17ES45), Faculté des Sciences de Gabès, Université de Gabès, Cité Erriadh, 6072, Gabès, Tunisia

    Abdelmajid Lassoued, Mohamed Saber Lassoued, Salah Ammar & Abdellatif Gadri

  2. Laboratoire Structures, Propriétés et Modélisation des Solides CentraleSupélec, CNRS-UMR8580, Université Paris-Saclay, 91190, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

    Abdelmajid Lassoued & Brahim Dkhil

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The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article [1] because it substantially overlaps with the following articles (among others) [2,3,4,5,6]. [Author Abdelmajid Lassoued does not agree to this retraction and none of the other authors have responded to any correspondence from the editor or publisher about this retraction.]

[1] Lassoued, A., Lassoued, M.S., Dkhil, B. et al. Photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange dye by NiFe2O4 nanoparticles under visible irradiation: effect of varying the synthesis temperature. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 29, 7057–7067 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-018-8693-0

[2] Lassoued, A., Lassoued, M.S., Karolak, F. et al. Synthesis, structural, optical, morphological and magnetic characterization of copper substituted nickel ferrite (CuxNi1-xFe2O4) through co-precipitation method. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 28, 18480–18488 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-017-7795-4

[3] Lassoued, A., Lassoued, M.S., García-Granda, S. et al. Synthesis and characterization of Ni-doped a-Fe2O3 nanoparticles through co-precipitation method with enhanced photocatalytic activities. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 29, 5726–5737 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-018-8543-0

[4] Lassoued, A., Ben hassine, M., Karolak, F. et al. Synthesis and magnetic characterization of Spinel ferrites MFe2O4 (M?=?Ni, Co, Zn and Cu) via chemical co-precipitation method. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 28, 18857–18864 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-017-7837-y

[5] Lassoued, A., Dkhil, B., Gadri, A., et al. Control of the shape and size of iron oxide (a-Fe2O3) nanoparticles synthesized through the chemical precipitation method. Results in Physics 7, 3007-3015 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rinp.2017.07.066

[6] Lassoued, M.S., Lassoued, A., Abdelbaky, M.S.M. et al. Influence of iron doping on the photocatalytic activity of nanocrystalline TiO2 particles fabricated by ultrasound method for enhanced degradation of organic dye. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 29, 6019–6031 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-018-8576-4

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Lassoued, A., Lassoued, M.S., Dkhil, B. et al. RETRACTED ARTICLE: Photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange dye by NiFe2O4 nanoparticles under visible irradiation: effect of varying the synthesis temperature. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 29, 7057–7067 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-018-8693-0

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