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NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
卷 41, 期 19, 页码 10568-10583出版社
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c7nj02070h
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- Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India
A facile one-step combustion route is used for the synthesis of a magnetically separable GO-CuFe2O4-ZnO (GCZ) ternary nanocomposite photocatalyst with varying ZnO contents. Transmission electron microscope (TEM) observations show the exfoliation of graphene oxide sheets and decoration with well-dispersed ZnO and CuFe2O4 nanoparticles. The photocatalytic activity of the ternary nanocomposite was tested under solar light irradiation for the photodegradation of several dyes such as rhodamine-B (RhB), methylene blue (MB), methyl orange (MO), and neutral phenol. The evaluation results demonstrate that the ternary GCZ photocatalyst exhibits the best performance compared to GO-CuFe2O4 (GC), GO-ZnO (GZ), CuFe2O4, ZnO, and CuFe2O4-ZnO (CZ) photocatalysts towards the photocatalytic degradation of the dyes. Photoelectrochemical measurements were carried out to provide deep insights into the enhanced photocatalytic activity in the novel ternary nanocomposite. The improved photo-catalytic activity of the ternary nanocomposite can be ascribed to the superior light assimilation, proficient charge transfer process, synergistic effects, high surface area, and superior durability of the composite. Furthermore, a possible reaction mechanism has been proposed. Our results have demonstrated that by precisely introducing GO with appropriate metal oxides, a highly efficient photocatalyst can be designed that would assimilate a wider range of visible light. Furthermore, CuFe2O4 nanoparticles themselves have excellent magnetic properties, which are largely maintained in the GCZ composite, and can be simply separated from the suspension system by applying a magnetic field.
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