화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.44, 174-184, December, 2016
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2016.08.028  Export Citation
Fabrication of novel magnetically separable visible-light-driven photocatalysts through photosensitization of Fe3O4/ZnO with CuWO4
Maryam Shekofteh-Gohari, and Aziz Habibi-Yangjeh†
  • Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, P.O. Box 179, Ardabil, Iran
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In this work, we have successfully fabricated ternary Fe3O4/ZnO/CuWO4 nanocomposites with different weight percentages of CuWO4 by refluxing method. The visible-light photocatalytic activity of the Fe3O4/ZnO/CuWO4 nanocomposites was investigated using Rhodamine B. It was found that the photocatalytic activity of the nanocomposites significantly depends on the weight percentage of CuWO4. Among the prepared samples, the nanocomposite with 40% of CuWO4 displayed the highest activity. The superior photocatalytic ability of the Fe3O4/ZnO/CuWO4 (40%) nanocomposite compared to the binary Fe3O4/ZnO and Fe3O4/CuWO4 photocatalysts in degradation of methylene blue, as another organic dye, under visible-light irradiation was also confirmed.
Keywords:Fe3O4/ZnO/CuWO4;Magnetic photocatalyst;n-n Heterojunction;Visible-light-driven
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