Synthesis and Characterization of Magnetically Retrievable Fe3O4/Polyvinylpyrrolidone/Polystyrene Nanocomposite Catalyst for Efficient Catalytic Oxidation Degradation of Dyes Pollutants

Autor: Mohamad Bekhit, Ahmed M. Elbarbary, Faten Ismail Abou El Fadl, Rehab Sokary
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials. 32:383-398
ISSN: 1574-1451
1574-1443
Popis: Recently, the application of metal oxides such as Fe3O4 nanoparticles have wide interest for environmental remediation and treatment of wastewater especially contaminated with azo dyes owing to its high degradation efficacy and low toxicity. The recovery of magnetic catalysts without losing their efficiency is an essential feature in the catalytic applications. The aim of this article is to investigate and synthesis of magnetically retrievable Fe3O4/polyvinylpyrrolidone/polystyrene (Fe3O4/PVP/PS) nanocomposite for the catalytic degradation of azo dye acid red 18 (AR18). Fe3O4/PVP/PS nanocomposite was prepared in two steps. Firstly, PVP/PS microsphere was synthesized by γ-irradiation polymerization of styrene in presence of PVP solution. Secondly, deposition of Fe3O4 nanoparticles on PVP/PS microsphere was achieved by the alkaline co-precipitation of Fe3+/Fe2+ ions. The chemical structural and morphological properties of PVP/PS microsphere and Fe3O4/PVP/PS nanocomposite were examined by XRD, TEM, DLS, FTIR, EDX and VSM techniques. TEM results showed homogeneous morphology, spherical shaped and well-dispersed Fe3O4 nanoparticles with average particle size of 26 nm around PVP/PS microspheres. The VSM measurements of Fe3O4/PVP/PS nanocomposite exhibit excellent magnetic response of saturation magnetization 26.38 emu/g which is suitable in magnetic separation. The effect of the synthesized Fe3O4/PVP/PS nanocomposite on the catalytic degradation of AR18 in presence of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) as a heterogeneous Fenton-like catalyst was examined. The catalyst Fe3O4/PVP/PS/H2O2 played basic role in promoting the oxidation degradation efficiency of AR18 of initial concentration 50 mg/L to 94.4% in 45 min with excellent recyclability till the sixth cycles under the best conditions of pH 3, 2% v/v H2O2 and 0.3 g catalyst amount. Furthermore, the Fe3O4/PVP/PS/H2O2 hybrid catalyst system supports high capability for oxidation degradation of mixture of different dyes. The Fe3O4/PVP/PS nanocomposite catalyst had high magnetic and recyclability characters which are acceptable for the treatment of wastewater contaminated by various dyes pollutants.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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