Coupling of Se-ZnFe2O4 with rGO for spatially charged separated nanocomposites as an efficient photocatalyst for degradation of organic pollutants in natural sunlight

Kinza Riaz; Sohail Nadeem; Amani Chrouda; Shahid Iqbal; Ayesha Mohyuddin; Sadaf Ul Hassan; Mohsin Javed; Amal BaQais; Nissren Tamam; Komal Aroosh; Abdul Rauf; Mohammed A.S. Abourehab; M. Imran Jamil; Eslam B. Elkaeed; Rami M. Alzhrani; Nasser S. Awwad; Hala A. Ibrahium

doi:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.129332

Coupling of Se-ZnFe₂O₄ with rGO for spatially charged separated nanocomposites as an efficient photocatalyst for degradation of organic pollutants in natural sunlight

Kinza Riaz, Sohail Nadeem, Amani Chrouda, Shahid Iqbal, Ayesha Mohyuddin, Sadaf Ul Hassan, Mohsin Javed, Amal BaQais, Nissren Tamam, Komal Aroosh, Abdul Rauf, Mohammed A.S. Abourehab, M. Imran Jamil, Eslam B. Elkaeed, Rami M. Alzhrani, Nasser S. Awwad, Hala A. Ibrahium

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Abstract

Water pollution is a major issue nowadays. Textile effluents majorly consist of synthetic dyes whose degradation is quite difficult, and they pollute water by producing toxins through many reactions. Iron nanoparticles are considered the most efficient photocatalysts for the degradation of such toxins. In this paper, the photocatalytic efficiency of Se-ZnFe₂O₄ @GO and Se-ZnFe₂O₄ @rGO nanocomposites were checked against MB dye. The graphene oxide (GO) and graphene oxide (rGO) were prepared via modified Hummer's and solvothermal methods, respectively. While Se-ZnFe₂O₄ nanoparticles were prepared by sol-gel method and then GO and rGO was embedded on Se-ZnFe₂O₄ nanoparticles to prepare Se-ZnFe₂O₄ @GO and Se-ZnFe₂O₄ @rGO nanocomposites respectively. The prepared nanoparticles and nanocomposites were characterized by various techniques i.e., FTIR, EPR, SEM, XRD, EIS, and UV–vis spectroscopy. Among all the prepared nanoparticles and nanocomposites, the novel Se-ZnFe₂O₄ @rGO nanocomposites showed 98% degradation of methylene blue after 150 min and thus be considered as an excellent photocatalyst.

Original language	English
Article number	129332
Journal	Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
Volume	649
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.129332
Publication status	Published - 20 Sept 2022
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Ferrites
Nanocomposites
Photocatalytic degradation
Reduced graphene oxide
Se-ZnFeO@rGO

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Surfaces and Interfaces
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Colloid and Surface Chemistry

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Riaz, K., Nadeem, S., Chrouda, A., Iqbal, S., Mohyuddin, A., Hassan, S. U., Javed, M., BaQais, A., Tamam, N., Aroosh, K., Rauf, A., Abourehab, M. A. S., Jamil, M. I., Elkaeed, E. B., Alzhrani, R. M., Awwad, N. S., & Ibrahium, H. A. (2022). Coupling of Se-ZnFe₂O₄ with rGO for spatially charged separated nanocomposites as an efficient photocatalyst for degradation of organic pollutants in natural sunlight. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 649, Article 129332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.129332

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Coupling of Se-ZnFe₂O₄ with rGO for spatially charged separated nanocomposites as an efficient photocatalyst for degradation of organic pollutants in natural sunlight. / Riaz, Kinza; Nadeem, Sohail; Chrouda, Amani et al.
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