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ARABIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages 783-798Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2017.07.016
Keywords
Cellulose nanofibres; Magnetically retrievable nanocomposites; Photocatalytic oxidation; Reduction
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- TEQIP II (Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme-II, Dr. SSB UICET, Panjab University, Chandigarh)
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) [22(0663)/14/EMR-II]
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This study reports facile in situ synthesis of magnetically retrievable nanocomposites of nanocellulose (derived from waste biomass) and NiFe2O4 nanoparticles using hydrothermal method. The synthesized nanocomposites were characterized using various techniques such as FT-IR, powder XRD, HR-TEM, BET and VSM. The characterization of nanocomposites clearly revealed that NiFe2O4 nanoparticles were well dispersed on the surface of cellulose nanofibres. The catalytic performance of the synthesized nanocomposites was assessed for both the photocatalytic oxidation and reduction of organic pollutants. The prepared nanocomposites displayed excellent catalytic performance in comparison to pristine NiFe2O4 nanoparticles due to stabilization and increased dispersability of NiFe2O4 nanoparticles on the cellulose matrix. The present work promotes the use of bio based renewable sources to fabricate environment friendly materials to be used in the field of catalysis for the abatement of organic pollutants. (C) 2017 The Authors. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of King Saud University.
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