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Investigation on flower-shaped Ni-doped Fe3O4/SnS2 formation mechanism through a microcalorimetric method and catalytic property as a Fenton-like catalyst

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Flower-shaped Ni-doped Fe3O4/SnS2 composite was synthesized by a one-pot solvothermal method, where nanosized Ni-doped Fe3O4 particles were dispersed on the SnS2 sheets and these sheets built the flower-shaped structure. A microcalorimeter was employed to study the Ni-doped Fe3O4 formation processes with the SnS2. The experimental results indicated that the Ni-doped Fe3O4 formation mechanism is similar with and without the SnS2. Different endothermal processes demonstrated that the interaction between the cations (Fe3+, Fe2+ and Ni2+) and S2− induced various morphologies of the Ni-doped Fe3O4. Cluster-shaped Ni-doped Fe3O4 was synthesized without SnS2. The composite exhibited more excellent Fenton catalytic activity than the Ni-doped Fe3O4, SnS2, and the mixture is composed of the Ni-doped Fe3O4 and SnS2 with the same composition as the composite for the degradation of rhodamine B (RhB). RhB could be removed about 95% in 120 min at natural pH of the RhB solution (6.64) without irradiation for the Ni-doped Fe3O4/SnS2 composite as the catalyst. The present SnS2 enhanced adsorption capacity for RhB and the dispersed nanosized particles of Ni-doped Fe3O4, and the interaction between cations (Fe3+ and Fe2+) and S2− enhanced the conversion from Fe3+ to Fe2+, which induced excellent catalytic activity of the composite.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the National Nature Science Foundations of China (21673204 and 21273196) and the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.

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Zhang, A., Nan, Z. Investigation on flower-shaped Ni-doped Fe3O4/SnS2 formation mechanism through a microcalorimetric method and catalytic property as a Fenton-like catalyst. J Therm Anal Calorim 139, 217–223 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-019-08432-0

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