Sucrose-templated nanoporous BiFeO3 for promising magnetically recoverable multifunctional environment-purifying applications: Adsorption and photocatalysis

Chang Jiu Teng, Dan Xie*, Meng Xing Sun, Jian Long Xu, Chun Song Zhao, Pu Yang, Yi Lin Sun, Cheng Zhang, Xian Li

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Abstract

Bismuth ferrite (BiFeO3), which acts as a significant multiferroic material, exhibits unique magnetic and ferroelectric properties. Here, we adopted a sol-gel method to synthesize disordered nanoporous BFO with a sucrose template. By different characterization methods such as powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and N2 physisorption measurements, the large BET (Brunauer-Emmett-Teller) surface area (34.25 m2 g-1) and disordered pores (20-40 nm) of the sucrose-templated nanoporous BFO (SN-BFO) materials were determined. These SN-BFO materials exhibited high magnetic performance (Ms = 6.37 emu g-1) and a favorable magnetic recycling ratio. In addition, SN-BFO displayed appropriate adsorption characteristics and good photocatalytic stability, which demonstrates that SN-BFO is a candidate for promising recoverable multifunctional environment-purifying applications in the future.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)67550-67555
Number of pages6
JournalRSC Advances
Volume6
Issue number72
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes

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