Insights into the Electronic Properties of Coumarins: A Comparative Study Synthesis and Characterization of Fe2O3/Mn2O3 Magnetic Nanocomposites for the Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue

Document Type : Regular Article

Authors

1 Faculty of Engineering, Udayana University, Bali, 80361, Indonesia

2 An Independent Researcher, PhD from NIT Durgapur, West Bengal, India

3 Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia

4 Medical Technical College; Al-Farahidi University, Baghdad, Iraq

5 Al-Nisour University College, Baghdad, Iraq

6 Anesthesia Techniques Department, Al-Mustaqbal University College, Babylon, Iraq

7 Department of Mathematics, Dwaraka Doss Goverdhan Doss Vaishnav College, Arumbakkam, University of Madras, Chennai, India

8 Scientific Research Center, Al-Ayen University, Thi-Qar, Iraq

9 Optical Department, College of Medical and Health Technology, Sawa University, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Al-Muthanaa, Samawah, Iraq

10 Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Mosul, Mosul-41001, Iraq

10.22036/pcr.2022.336018.2070

Abstract

In this paper, ferromagnetic Fe2O3/Mn2O3 nanocomposites (Fe@Mn-1 and Fe@Mn-2) were synthesized and characterized using Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), vibration sample magnet (VSM) and transmission electron microscope (TEM). All results confirmed that the successfully synthesis of Fe@Mn-1 and Fe@Mn-2 nanocomposites with ferromagnetic property at room temperature with magnetic saturation of 6.48 and 9.24 emu/g, respectively. In addition, photocatalytic activities of Fe@Mn-1 and Fe@Mn-2 were studied on the degradation of methylene blue (MB) by applying H2O2 under visible light irradiation. The effect of important parameters on the MB degradation were evaluated and the results exhibited the best photocatalytic activity within 45 min owing to the Fe@Mn-1 (98%) and Fe@Mn-2 (97%), due to their very small crystallite sizes.

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Insights into the Electronic Properties of Coumarins: A Comparative Study Synthesis and Characterization of Fe2O3/Mn2O3 Magnetic Nanocomposites for the Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue

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