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MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
Volume 292, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2022.126793
Keywords
Nickel ferrite; Counter-ion; Magnetic property; Organic dyes; Catalytic reduction
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This study focuses on the preparation of NiFe2O4 with different counter ions using co-precipitation method and investigates the effect of counter ions on the crystallite size and phase purity. The results demonstrate that the material with higher purity and smaller particle size exhibits the best catalytic performance. Moreover, the catalyst shows good stability and can be reused multiple times without losing its efficiency.
This work concerns the preparation of NiFe2O4 with different counter ions using co-precipitation method to control their crystallite size, the materials were used as catalysts for the photocatalytic reduction of Methylene blue and Orange G dyes. Different characterization methods such as XRD, XPS, FTIR, SEM/EDS, VSM, and Zeta potential were employed for more information on our materials. The obtained results show clearly that the nature of the counter ions influences significantly the phase purity and crystallite size of NiFe2O4 nanoparticles. To study the individual contribution of crystallite size and lattice strain Scherrer formula, Williamson-Hall, and size strain plot calculation methods were employed. The results showed also that the material containing the purest phase and finer size was the best catalyst for the reduction of both dyes; the NFCP catalyst allowed a complete conversion of MB and OG dyes in a reaction time of 8 min and 4 min respectively. A study of the reusability was carried out and the obtained results showed that the catalyst can be reused more and more without losing its efficiency even after 5 cycles thus, confirming its stability. The phase purity, crystallite size, the counter ions difference, and the synergy between metals and the surface charge were the key parameters affecting the catalytic property.
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