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Magnetic, Optical Properties, and Photocatalytic Activity of the ZnFe2O4 Nanoparticles for the Degradation of the RhB Dye in Wastewater: Effects of Metal Salt and Surface Morphology

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Zinc ferrite nanoparticles are synthesized by a microwave assisted polyacrylamide gel route. The influence of different Zn salts includes zinc nitrate, zinc sulfate, zinc chloride, zinc acetate on the crystal structure, surface morphologies, optical properties, magnetic properties, and photocatalytic activity of the ZnFe2O4 nanoparticles were systematically studied. The ZnFe2O4 nanoparticles prepared using zinc nitrate have cubic spinel structure and exhibited good size uniformity and regularity. The absorption edge of ZnFe2O4 nanoparticles prepared using zinc nitrate as Zn salt shifted to a higher energy compared with that of ZnFe2O4 nanoparticles prepared by other Zn salts. The magnetic susceptibility indicates that the blocking temperature (TB) decreases from 94 to 35 K with Zn salt change from zinc nitrate to zinc sulfate due to the size effect. Interesting, zinc nitrate is used as Zn salt improves the photocatalytic activity for the degradation of rhodamine B (RhB) dye wastewater of ZnFe2O4 nanoparticles significantly due to introduced the surface species of OH– to the ZnFe2O4 nanopartciles. The recycling experiment indicates that the ZnFe2O4 nanopartciles have a high stability. The photocatalytic mechanism of ZnFe2O4 nanopartciles have been systematically studied on the basis of the photocatalytic experiment and electrochemical test.

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This work was financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (51678409).

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    You Wang, Huan Zhang & Junfu Wei

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    Liguo Yang

  3. Mineral Processing Engineering Research Center, School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, 221000, Xuzhou, P.R. China

    Yadong Zhang

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You Wang, Yang, L., Zhang, Y. et al. Magnetic, Optical Properties, and Photocatalytic Activity of the ZnFe2O4 Nanoparticles for the Degradation of the RhB Dye in Wastewater: Effects of Metal Salt and Surface Morphology. Russ. J. Phys. Chem. 93, 2771–2781 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0036024419130314

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