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JOURNAL OF THE IRANIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 14, Issue 1, Pages 221-232Publisher
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DOI: 10.1007/s13738-016-0972-1
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Core/shell; Microwave; Sol-gel; Kinetics; Fe2.9O4/ZnO
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Novel Fe2.9O4/ZnO core/shell nanoparticles have been synthesized by a microwave-assisted sol-gel method using ethylene glycol. Phase purity was confirmed by X-ray diffraction, and it was observed that when diethanolamine and zinc acetate dihydrate were added to Fe2O3, it has undergone a reduction reaction and converted to Fe2.9O4. Characterization of nanoparticles was evaluated, and the formation of magnetic core/Shell structure was estimated by transition electron microscopy and elemental mapping. The band gap energy of Fe2.9O4/ZnO core/shell nanoparticles was measured to be 3.33 eV by UV-Vis spectroscopy. The photocatalytic property of Fe2.9O4/ZnO core/shell nanoparticles was evaluated on 2-nitrophenol in aqueous solution under UV-C irradiation. The effect of the initial 2-nitrophenol concentration, amount of photocatalyst, and pH were investigated during photodegradation. Kinetics of the 2-nitrophenol photocatalytic degradation was studied, and experimental data fitted in the pseudo-first-order kinetic and Langmuir-Hinshelwood models. The values for k (L-H) and K (ads) were 5.0403 mg L-1 min(-1) and 0.1984 L mg(-1), respectively.
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