Study on porphyrin/ZnFe2O4@polythiophene nanocomposite as a novel adsorbent and visible light driven photocatalyst for the removal of methylene blue and methyl orange

Journal Article · Sun Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Materials Research Bulletin

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/J.MATERRESBULL.2018.03.031· OSTI ID:22804060

Kharazi, Parnian; Rahimi, Rahmatollah; Rabbani, Mahboubeh ^[1]

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1. Department of Chemistry, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, 16846-13114 (Iran, Islamic Republic of)

Highlights: • A new magnetically responsive three-component nanocomposite was successfully prepared. • First, ZnFe{sub 2}O{sub 4} nanoparticles were synthesized and coated with polythiophene to prepare ZnFe{sub 2}O{sub 4}@Polythiophene. • Subsequent, ZnFe{sub 2}O{sub 4}@Polythiophene was sensitized with a prophyrin (TCPP) to prepare TCPP/ZnFe{sub 2}O{sub 4}@Polythiophene. • Removal efficiency of methyl orange (MO) and methylene blue (MB) was investigated in presence of prepared nanocomposite. • The synthesized nanocomposite shows excellent photocatalytic and adsorption activity for MO and MB, respectively. - Abstract: A new magnetically responsive three-component nanocomposite consisting of ZnFe{sub 2}O{sub 4} (ZnFe), polythiophene (PTh) and porphyrin was successfully prepared by coating of ZnFe{sub 2}O{sub 4} nanoparticles with polythiophene and subsequent sensitizing with tetrakis(4-carboxyphenyl)prophyrin (TCPP). The prepared TCPP/ZnFe{sub 2}O{sub 4}@Polythiophene nanocomposite (TCPP/ZnFe@PTh NC) was investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), scanning electron microscopy imaging (SEM) and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) was used to find the photocatalytic ability of this nanocomposite. In addition, photocatalytic–adsorption activities of prepared samples were carried out for removal of methyl orange (MO), methylene blue (MB) and mixture of MB and MO under visible LED lamp light and sunlight irradiation. The results indicated that the synthesized nanocomposite not only shows excellent photocatalytic and adsorption activity for removal of MO and MB, respectively, but also can be separated easily by an external magnet and reused twice more.

• OSTI ID: 22804060
• Journal Information: Materials Research Bulletin, Vol. 103; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0025-5408
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
ADSORPTION
FERRITES
FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETERS
IRRADIATION
METHYL ORANGE
METHYLENE BLUE
NANOCOMPOSITES
NANOPARTICLES
PHOTOCATALYSIS
PORPHYRINS
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
VIBRATING SAMPLE MAGNETOMETERS
VISIBLE RADIATION
X-RAY DIFFRACTION
X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY
ZINC COMPOUNDS