Comparison of sol–gel and hydrothermal synthesis methods on the physical, and photocatalytic properties of Bi1−xCexFe1−xAlxO3 ferrites
The structural, magnetic properties and photocatalytic activity of pure-phase Bi 1− x Ce x Fe 1− x Al x O 3 ( x = 0.0–0.06) synthesized via the sol–gel and hydrothermal methods were investigated. Rietveld refinement of X-ray diffraction patterns shows that the samples can be indexed to a rhombohedr...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of materials science. Materials in electronics 2024-04, Vol.35 (11), p.745, Article 745 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The structural, magnetic properties and photocatalytic activity of pure-phase Bi
1−
x
Ce
x
Fe
1−
x
Al
x
O
3
(
x
= 0.0–0.06) synthesized via the sol–gel and hydrothermal methods were investigated. Rietveld refinement of X-ray diffraction patterns shows that the samples can be indexed to a rhombohedral unit cell (space group
R
3
c
). However, Raman spectra show an incomplete rhombohedral-tetragonal phase transition in the hydrothermally synthesized samples. Hysteresis loops indicate an improvement in magnetic parameters with the Ce/Al co-substitution. As the Ce/Al content increases, the band gap energy of the hydrothermal-synthesized samples increases from 1.97 to 2.66 eV, while it decreases from 1.52 to 1.26 eV in the sol–gel synthesized samples. Results of the degradation percentage of methyl orange show a decreasing trend with the Ce/Al content in the hydrothermally synthesized samples, while it increases in the samples sol–gel synthesized prepared. 95% degradation is obtained after 120 min at a pH of 2 and containing the 0.8 g/L of sol–gel synthesized Bi
0.94
Ce
0.0.6
Fe
0.94
Al
0.06
O
3
. |
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ISSN: | 0957-4522 1573-482X |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10854-024-12476-w |