51. Facile preparation of recyclable magnetic Ni@filter paper composite materials for efficient photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange.
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Zeng, Qianqian, Liu, Ying, Shen, Liguo, Lin, Hongjun, Yu, Weiming, Xu, Yanchao, Li, Renjie, and Huang, Lilin
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COMPOSITE materials , *REMANENCE , *MAGNETIC materials , *WASTEWATER treatment , *MAGNETIC properties , *RECYCLABLE material - Abstract
• Ni@FP photocatalytic material was firstly prepared by a facile and low-cost method. • Ni@FP photocatalyst had strong magnetic properties and can be easily recycled. • Ni@FP photocatalyst's photocatalytic degradation rate reached to 93.40% within 5 min. • Ni@FP photocatalytic material possessed strong antibacterial ability. Photocatalytic materials have been widely used to remove dyes from printing and dyeing wastewater. However, difficulty in recycling of photocatalysts is the great concern in the real catalytic applications, which significantly raises the application cost. This study developed a low-cost catalyst by loading magnetic Ni onto filter paper (FP) via an easy going in-situ reaction. The characterization results displayed that the Ni particles were uniformly anchored onto the FP. The Ni@FP material presented a strong magnetic ability which was evidenced by a saturation magnetization (Ms) of 5.014 emu·g−1, a remanent magnetization (Mr) of 2.067 emu·g−1 and a coercivity (Hc) of 133.868 Oe. Meanwhile, the magnetic Ni@FP material displayed a recyclable advantage in photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange (MO) via an external magnetic field. There existed an optimal photocatalytic degradation rate of 93.40% within 5 min when MO concentration was 15 mg·L−1 at pH 8.0. Three cycle experiments confirmed that the Ni@FP possessed a satisfied stability and recycling ability. Moreover, the Ni@FP material presented a strong antibacterial activity which can prevent it from being contaminated by microorganisms. The versatility of the newly proposed photocatalyst in this study demonstrated its great application prospect in dyeing wastewater treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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