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Synthesis of Magnetic Ferrocene-Containing Polymer with Photothermal Effects for Rapid Degradation of Methylene Blue

Authors :
Qiliang Deng
Wenhui Zhu
Yali Chen
Caiyun Zhang
Source :
Polymers, Volume 13, Issue 4, Polymers, Vol 13, Iss 558, p 558 (2021)
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

Photothermal materials are attracting more and more attention. In this research, we synthesized a ferrocene-containing polymer with magnetism and photothermal properties. The resulting polymer was characterized by Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR), vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM), scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Its photo-thermocatalytic activity was investigated by choosing methylene blue (MB) as a model compound. The degradation percent of MB under an irradiated 808 nm laser reaches 99.5% within 15 min, and the degradation rate is 0.5517 min−1, which is 145 times more than that of room temperature degradation. Under irradiation with simulated sunlight, the degradation rate is 0.0092 min−1, which is approximately 2.5 times more than that of room temperature degradation. The present study may open up a feasible route to degrade organic pollutants.

Details

ISSN :
20734360
Volume :
13
Issue :
4
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Polymers
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....5ac739277d6f4ed67a1cc574bc11fd83