Abstract
Nickel-ferro-vanadium oxide Ni2FeVO6 nanoparticles were prepared by the sol–gel film coating and subsequent sintering method. The phase formation was investigated X-ray polycrystalline diffraction (XRD) measurement. The surface characteristics were measured by scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), specific surface area, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). This vanadate has a narrow band-gap energy of 1.784eV. The investigations concluded that Ni2FeVO6 nanoparticles have photocatalytic ability under visible-light irradiation. The ferromagnetic behavior of the nanoparticles was confirmed by the magnetic hysteresis loops. The nanoparticles can be magnetically recoverable after photocatalytic reactions. The photocatalytic activities were discussed on the base of the multivalent cations in crystal lattices.
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