PMID- 25246877
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140923
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 1931-7573 (Print)
IS  - 1556-276X (Electronic)
IS  - 1556-276X (Linking)
VI  - 9
IP  - 1
DP  - 2014
TI  - Efficient solar photocatalyst based on cobalt oxide/iron oxide composite 
      nanofibers for the detoxification of organic pollutants.
PG  - 510
LID - 10.1186/1556-276X-9-510 [doi]
AB  - A Co3O4/Fe2O3 composite nanofiber-based solar photocatalyst has been prepared, 
      and its catalytic performance was evaluated by degrading acridine orange (AO) and 
      brilliant cresyl blue (BCB) beneath solar light. The morphological and 
      physiochemical structure of the synthesized solar photocatalyst was characterized 
      by X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), 
      X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and Fourier transform infrared 
      spectroscopy (FTIR). FESEM indicates that the Co3O4/Fe2O3 composite has 
      fiber-like nanostructures with an average diameter of approximately 20 nm. These 
      nanofibers are made of aggregated nanoparticles having approximately 8.0 nm of 
      average diameter. The optical properties were examined by UV-visible 
      spectrophotometry, and the band gap of the solar photocatalyst was found to be 
      2.12 eV. The as-grown solar photocatalyst exhibited high catalytic degradation in 
      a short time by applying to degrade AO and BCB. The pH had an effect on the 
      catalytic performance of the as-grown solar photocatalyst, and it was found that 
      the synthesized solar photocatalyst is more efficient at high pH. The kinetics 
      study of both AO and BCB degradation indicates that the as-grown nanocatalyst 
      would be a talented and efficient solar photocatalyst for the removal of 
      hazardous and toxic organic materials.
FAU - Asif, Safi Asim Bin
AU  - Asif SA
AD  - Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 
      80203, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Khan, Sher Bahadar
AU  - Khan SB
AD  - Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 
      80203, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia ; Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials 
      Research, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80203, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Asiri, Abdullah M
AU  - Asiri AM
AD  - Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 
      80203, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia ; Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials 
      Research, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80203, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20140918
PL  - United States
TA  - Nanoscale Res Lett
JT  - Nanoscale research letters
JID - 101279750
PMC - PMC4169707
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Acridine orange
OT  - Brilliant cresyl blue
OT  - Co3O4/Fe2O3
OT  - Nanofiber
OT  - Organic pollutant
OT  - Solar photocatalyst
EDAT- 2014/09/24 06:00
MHDA- 2014/09/24 06:01
PMCR- 2014/09/18
CRDT- 2014/09/24 06:00
PHST- 2014/06/12 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2014/07/11 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2014/09/24 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/09/24 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/09/24 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2014/09/18 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 1556-276X-9-510 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/1556-276X-9-510 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Nanoscale Res Lett. 2014 Sep 18;9(1):510. doi: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-510. 
      eCollection 2014.