Preparation and photocatalytic properties of hybrid core-shell reusable CoFe 2O 4-ZnO nanospheres

Abstract

Magnetically separable and reusable core-shell CoFe 2O 4-ZnO photocatalyst nanospheres were prepared by the hydrothermal synthesis technique using glucose derived carbon nanospheres as the template. The morphology and the phase of core-shell hybrid structure of CoFe 2O 4-ZnO were assessed via TEM, SEM and XRD. The magnetic composite showed high UV photocatalytic activity for the degradation of methylene blue in water. The photocatalytic activity was found to be ZnO shell thickness dependent. Thicker ZnO shells lead to higher rate of photocatalytic activity. Hybrid nanospheres recovered using an external magnetic field demonstrated good repeatability of photocatalytic activity. These results promise the reusability of the hybrid nanospheres for photocatalytic activity.

Department(s)

Physics, Astronomy, and Materials Science

Document Type

Article

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2012.02.009

Keywords

Composite nanosphere, Hybrid nanosphere, Magnetic core-shell hollow nanosphere, Photocatalysis

Publication Date

8-1-2012

Journal Title

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

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