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Solvothermal synthesis of magnetic Fe3O4 nanospheres and their efficiency in photo-Fenton degradation of xylenol orange

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Magnetic Fe3O4 nanospheres with a average diameter of (201±0.5) nm were synthesized at 200 °C via a solvothermal method. The as-synthesized Fe3O4 nanospheres performed an efficiency in the Fenton degradation of xylenol orange with a degradation rate of 90%—95%. Additionally, the catalyst was easily recyclable and the recovery rate was greater than 90%. Moreover, the catalyst could be regenerated under an ultrasonic treatment, and the degradation performance remained essentially the same. More importantly, the degradation rate varied with respect to the amount of H2O2 and the pH of the best reaction process. And the reaction efficiency was achieved with 1.5 mL of H2O2 in an acidic environment.

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  1. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, P. R. China

    Kai Zheng, Mingyu Di, Jubo Zhang, Wenhui Bao, Daxin Liang & Chunyuan Li

  2. State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China

    Guangsheng Pang & Zhenxing Fang

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31400497), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China(No.2572017BB14), the Heilongjiang Postdoctoral Financial Assistance, China(No.LBH-Z13001), the General Financial Grant from the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, China(No.2014M561311) and the Open Pro ject of State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, China(No.2016-24).

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Zheng, K., Di, M., Zhang, J. et al. Solvothermal synthesis of magnetic Fe3O4 nanospheres and their efficiency in photo-Fenton degradation of xylenol orange. Chem. Res. Chin. Univ. 33, 648–654 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40242-017-6493-3

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