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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 619, 2025
3rd International Conference on Sustainable Green Energy Technologies (ICSGET 2025)
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| Article Number | 05009 | |
| Number of page(s) | 7 | |
| Section | Nanotechnology Innovations in Energy, Environment, and Healthcare | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202561905009 | |
| Published online | 12 March 2025 | |
Photocatalytic activity of copper nanoferrite and activated carbon-copper nanoferrite composite
1 Department of Physics, School of Science, RK University, Rajkot – 360020, Gujarat, India
2 Department of of Chemistry, S.D. (PG) College, Kurukshetra University (Affiliated), Panipat – 132103, Haryana
3 Department of EEE, Vardhaman College of Engineering, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
* Corresponding author: harshal.desai@rku.ac.in
The sol-gel auto-combustion method was used to synthesize copper nanoferrite and activated carbon-copper nanoferrite composite. The stoichiometric chemical proportions of Cu, Fe, and O were confirmed by EDX, and the porosity was checked by SEM of synthesized specimens. The spinel phase copper nanoferrite was confirmed by XRD. The octahedral and tetrahedral force constants were calculated using FTIR spectra of pristine and activated carbon–copper nanoferrite composite. The experiments of Methylene blue’s degradation in sunlight with H2O2 and loading of synthesized specimens were carried out. The absorbance was checked for the degradation of MB using a UV-Visible spectrophotometer. It has been concluded that activated carbon-copper nanoferrite composite was more effective than spinel ferrites in degrading MB.
Key words: sol-gel auto combustion method / nanoferrite / nanoferrite composite / methylene blue / dye degradation
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