Inorganic Chemicals Industry ›› 2020, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (11): 103-107.doi: 10.11962/1006-4990.2019-0653

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Synthesis of magnesium ferrite photocatalyst and degradation activity of various dyes

Liu Ying()   

  1. Modern Agricultural College,Changchun Polytechnic,Jilin 130000,China
  • Received:2020-05-13 Online:2020-11-10 Published:2020-12-01

Abstract:

Magnesium ferrite photocatalyst was synthesized by hydrothermal method with magnesium nitrate,iron nitrate and sodium hydroxide as initial materials.X-ray powder diffraction(XRD) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS) analysis showed that the synthesized magnesium ferrite was a pure cubic phase with a space group of Fd-3m(227) and a grain size of about 25 nm.Through the analysis of optical properties,it was found that the photocatalyst of magnesium ferrite had strong light absorption capacity at 200~700 nm,and its energy band value was about 2.11 eV.The photocatalytic degradation effici-ency of methyl blue,Rhodamine B and methyl orange of magnesium ferrite photocatalyst was studied.Photocatalytic experi-ments showed that magnesium ferrite photocatalyst had the best degradation efficiency for the methyl blue,the best catalyst dosage was 2.5 g/L,and the best dye concentration was 200 mg/L.

Key words: hydrothermal method, magnesium ferrite, photocatalyst, degradation efficiency, dye concentration

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