Green Synthesis of NixMn1-xFe2O4 Nanoparticles and Their Photocatalyst Studies Under the UV Irradiation

نویسندگان

1 Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Arak University, Arak, Iran

2 Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Arak University, Arak, Iran

3 Department of Science, Arak University of Technology, Arak, Iran

doi
10.22052/JNS.2024.02.028
چکیده

In this article, NixMn1-xFe2O4 ferrite nanoparticles were synthesized using surfactant free ultrasonic method, that x= 1, 0.75, 0.5, 0.25 and 0. The crystal structure of the synthesized nanoparticles was investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD). It was found that they have a spinel structure. The crystallite size of the nanoparticles was also measured using Scherrer’s relation. The morphology of nanoparticles was studied using scanning electron microscope (SEM). The magnetic properties and hysteresis loop of NixMn1-xFe2O4 ferrites were investigated using vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). The value of coercivity, saturation magnetization and remanent magnetization of the samples were calculated. In order to investigate the photocatalytic properties of the synthesized nanoparticles, the effect of particle on degradation of azo dyes acid brown and acid blue was studied. Based on the absorption spectrum obtained from the UV-Vis spectrometer, the amount of degradation of azo dyes by each of the nanoparticles were obtained at different times of UV irradiation.