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Microwave synthesis of magnetically separable ZnFe2O4-reduced graphene oxide for wastewater treatment


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Jumeri, F. A. and Lim, Hong Ngee and Ariffin, S. N. and Huang, Nay Ming and Teo, P. S. and S. O., Fatin and Chia, Chin Hua and Harrison, Ian (2014) Microwave synthesis of magnetically separable ZnFe2O4-reduced graphene oxide for wastewater treatment. Ceramics International, 40 (5). pp. 7057-7065. ISSN 0272-8842; ESSN: 1873-3956

Abstract

A magnetically separable ZnFe2O4-reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nano-composite was synthesised via a microwave method. Field emission scanning electron microscopy images of the nano-composite showed a uniform dispersion of nanoparticles on the rGO sheets. The performance of the nano-composite in wastewater treatment was assessed by observing the decomposition of methylene blue. The nano-composite showed excellent bifunctionality, i.e. adsorption and photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue, for up to five cycles of water treatment when illuminated with light from a halogen bulb. In contrast, water treatment with the nano-composite without illumination and the illuminated rGO, with no decoration of nanoparticles, diminished significantly after the first treatment. The reclamation of the ZnFe2O4-rGO nano-composite from treated water could be easily achieved by applying an external magnetic field.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Science
Institute of Advanced Technology
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.12.037
Publisher: Elsevier
Keywords: Graphene; Nanoparticles; Microwave; Photocatalysis; Wastewater treatment
Depositing User: Nurul Ainie Mokhtar
Date Deposited: 19 Sep 2016 03:17
Last Modified: 19 Sep 2016 03:17
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34523
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