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SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS
卷 178, 期 -, 页码 154-163出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2018.01.026
关键词
Ag3PO4/MnFe2O4; Magnetic nanocomposite; Photocatalytic degradation; Solar light irradiation; Organic dye pollutants
资金
- Lorestan University Research Council
- Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council (INIC)
Novel magnetically separable Ag3PO4/MnFe2O4 nanocomposite with 30wt% MnFe2O4 was synthesized for the first time by a facile hydrothermal route and the composition and microstructure of the nanocomposite was fully characterized. The photocatalytic activity of Ag3PO4/MnFe2O4 nanocomposite was evaluated in the degradation of methylene blue (MB) and Rhodamine B (RhB) dyes under natural solar-light irradiation with an average light intensity of similar to 185 mW cm(-2). The results displayed that the degradation efficiency of the Ag3PO4/MnFe2O4 nanocomposite was 98% for methylene blue (MB) and 100% for Rhodamine B (RhB) in 82 min. The photo catalytic activity of Ag3PO4/CoFe2O4 was almost 1.5 and 3 times as high as those of the pure Ag3PO4 and CoFe2O4, respectively. The remarkably enhanced photocatalytic performance of Ag3PO4/MnFe2O4 nano composite compared with the individual Ag3PO4 and MnFe2O4 was ascribed to its higher specific surface area and the existence of a synergic effect between Ag3PO4 and MnFe2O4 that resulted in efficient separation of electron-hole pairs. Trapping experiments indicated that the photodegradation of dyes was mainly achieved by superoxide radicals (center dot O-2(-)) attack in Ag3PO4/MnFe2O4 suspension. Furthermore, the possible mechanism of excellent solar-light photoactivity activity of the Ag3PO4/MnFe2O4 nanocomposite was proposed based on the experimental results. Due to the existence of the magnetic MnFe2O4 nanoparticles, the Ag3PO4/MnFe2O4 nanocomposite could be magnetically separated from the reaction mixture by a usual magnet with an intensity of 0.1 T (= 1 kOe) and reused without any change in structure.
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