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- Title
Neodymium-doped copper ferrite: auto-combustion synthesis, characterization and photocatalytic properties.
- Authors
Vosoughifar, Mohammad; Kimiay, Armin
- Abstract
Neodymium doped copper ferrite nanoparticles were successfully synthesized by via a sol-gel auto combustion method with the aid of copper (II) nitrate, iron (III) nitrate, neodymium (III) nitrate and starch without adding external surfactant. Moreover, starch plays role as capping agent, reductant agent, and natural template in the synthesis CuFeNdO nanoparticles. The as-synthesized CuFeNdO nanoparticles were characterized by means of several techniques such as X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis and UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. The magnetic properties of as-prepared CuFeNdO nanoparticles were also investigated with vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). To evaluate the photocatalyst properties of nanocrystalline CuFeNdO, the photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange (MO) under ultraviolet light irradiation was carried out.
- Subjects
NEODYMIUM; COPPER ferrite; SELF-propagating high-temperature synthesis; PHOTOCATALYSIS; X-ray diffraction; SCANNING electron microscopy
- Publication
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2016, Vol 27, Issue 10, p10031
- ISSN
0957-4522
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10854-016-5074-4