The green synthesis of iron oxide micro/nano structures for photocatalytic applications

Abstract Iron oxide nanoparticles are continuously drawing researcher’s attention because of their unique electronic and physicochemical properties in the field of catalysis, drug delivery and energy harvesting applications. The green synthesis of iron oxide magnetic micro/nano one dimensional struc...

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Published inIOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering Vol. 1166; no. 1; pp. 12041 - 12045
Main Authors Ramanarayanan, Rajita, Swaminathan, Sindhu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.07.2021
Subjects
Black tea
Catalytic activity
Clean energy
Cotton
Drawing and ironing
Energy harvesting
Iron oxides
Methylene blue
Nanoparticles
Photocatalysis
Reducing agents
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Summary:Abstract Iron oxide nanoparticles are continuously drawing researcher’s attention because of their unique electronic and physicochemical properties in the field of catalysis, drug delivery and energy harvesting applications. The green synthesis of iron oxide magnetic micro/nano one dimensional structures (Fe 2 O 3 ) using Black tea as a reducing agent was conducted in this report. The cotton was used as a template to obtain needle like structures as characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Finally the synthesized iron oxide structures showed good photocatalytic activity under solar illumination in the degradation of Methylene Blue dye.
ISSN:1757-8981
1757-899X
DOI:10.1088/1757-899X/1166/1/012041