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Carbene Ligand-Doped Fe 2 O 3 Composite for Rapid Removal of Multiple Dyes under Sunlight

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  • Siwei Yang

    (College of Material, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, China
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  • Yichao Zhuang

    (College of Material, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, China
    Equal author contributions.)

  • Yuanfang Shen

    (College of Material, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, China)

  • Weihang Han

    (College of Material, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, China)

  • Liangchen Chen

    (College of Material, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, China)

  • Qiang Sun

    (Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP), School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia)

  • Di Wu

    (College of Material, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, China)

  • Hui Zheng

    (College of Material, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, China)

Abstract

Contaminated water due to industrial organic dyes presents a significant challenge to sustainability. As a material of green energy, photocatalysts offer an effective and environmentally friendly way to deal with organic dyes for water treatment. A series of simple and highly efficient iron photocatalysts with carbene ligands were developed, which, under the illumination of sunlight, can rapidly degrade multiple organic dyes in water at room temperature, including rhodamine B (RhB), indigo carmine (IC), methyl blue (MB), and congo red (CR). The field-only surface integral method was carried out to determine the absorption spectrum of photocatalyst particles. Under the optimized experimental conditions which were selected by the orthogonal experiments for four dyes, 0.5a@Fe 2 O 3 and 2c@Fe 2 O 3 demonstrated good stability and photocatalytic activity. These two composite materials not only have the ability to remove 98.0% of the degradation in 10 s, but also maintain high reactivity after a few cycles of repeated use.

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  • Siwei Yang & Yichao Zhuang & Yuanfang Shen & Weihang Han & Liangchen Chen & Qiang Sun & Di Wu & Hui Zheng, 2021. "Carbene Ligand-Doped Fe 2 O 3 Composite for Rapid Removal of Multiple Dyes under Sunlight," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(22), pages 1-14, November.
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