Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Preparation and Characterization of Magnetic Photocatalysts TiO2 Loaded with Strontium Ferrite

CHU Jin-Yu, YU Qi, WU Chun-Du, CAO Chang-Le, LI Ning   

  1. School of Environment, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
  • Received:2007-09-06 Revised:2007-12-14 Published:2008-07-20 Online:2008-07-20

Abstract: The photocatalyst of TiO2 loaded with strontium ferrite were synthesized via sol-gel technology and characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), electron microscope (TEM), UV-Vis diffused
reflectance spectroscope (DRS) and vibrating sample magnetometer(VSM). The photocatalytic activities of the samples were evaluated by decolorization of methylene blue(MB) under UV irradiation. The results indicate that the TiO2 loaded strontium ferrite photocatalyst is responsive to the visible light region according to DRS analysis. It is also found that the composite has good magnetic property. About 99.1% MB can be removed at the catalyst dosage of 1.5g/L under UV irradiation for 300 min, when the catalyst is loaded with 20% strontium ferrite.

Key words: strontium ferrite, load, photocatalysis, TiO2

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