Facile preparation of sphere-like copper ferrite nanostructures and their enhanced visible-light-induced photocatalytic conversion of benzene

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• 作者：Yu Shen ; Yanbo Wu ; Hongfeng Xu ; Jie Fu ; Xinyong Li ; Qidong Zhao ; Yang Hou
• 关键词：A. Nanostructures ; B. Chemical synthesis ; C. Infrared spectroscopy ; D. Catalytic properties.
• 刊名：Materials Research Bulletin
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：October, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：48
• 期：10
• 页码：4216-4222
• 全文大小：2298 K

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Spinel copper ferrite nanospheres with diameters of about 116 nm were synthesized in high yield via a facile solvothermal route. The prepared nanospheres had cubic spinel structure and exhibited good size uniformity and regularity. The band-gap energy of CuFe₂O₄ nanospheres was calculated to be about 1.69 eV, indicating their potential visible-light-induced photocatalytic activity. The dramatically enhanced photocatalytic activity of the CuFe₂O₄ nanospheres was evaluated via the photocatalytic conversion of benzene under Xe lamp irradiation. By using the in situ FTIR technique, ethyl acetate, carboxylic acid and aldehyde could be regarded as the intermediate products, and CO₂ was produced as the final product during the reaction process. This study provided new insight into the design and preparation of functional nanomaterials with sphere structure in high yield, and the as-grown architectures demonstrated an excellent ability to remove organic pollutants in the atmosphere.