Preparation of room temperature ferromagnetic BiFeO 3 and its application as an highly efficient magnetic separable adsorbent for removal of Rhodamine B from aqueous solution

Jun Zhang, M. A. Gondal, Wei Wei, Taona Zhang, Qingyu Xu*, Kai Shen

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Abstract

In this work, room temperature ferromagnetic BiFeO 3 ceramics has been prepared through complex-assisted sol-gel method by using tartaric acid as a complex and tested for the efficient adsorption removal of the model compound (Rhodamine B, RhB). The excellent adsorption property of RhB over as-prepared magnetic separable BiFeO 3 ceramics has been proved by batch adsorption experiments. Further studies indicate the static-electric adsorption mechanism may play an important role in the adsorption process. This is a first study of its kind where magnetic separable BiFeO 3 has been employed for efficient removal of RhB molecules from an aqueous solution. Crown

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)107-110
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Alloys and Compounds
Volume530
DOIs
StatePublished - 25 Jul 2012

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China ( 51172044 ) and the National Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China ( BK2011617 ), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (NS2012110), National Key Projects for Basic Researches of China (2010CB923404), NCET-09-0296, the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, State Education Ministry, and Southeast University (the Excellent Young Teachers Program and Seujq201106).

Keywords

  • Adsorption
  • BiFeO
  • Ferromagnetic
  • Rhodamine B

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Metals and Alloys
  • Materials Chemistry

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