Nanosheet-based α-Fe<inf>2</inf>O<inf>3</inf> hierarchical structure decorated with TiO<inf>2</inf> nanospheres via a simple one-pot route: Magnetically recyclable photocatalysts

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Journal Article
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Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2013, 580 pp. 143 - 147
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2013-01-01
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We report an ethylene glycol-mediated one-pot synthesis with post-annealing treatment of uniformlydistributed TiO2 nanospheres on nanosheet-based a-Fe 2O3 (hematite) hierarchical flowers. The present samples were characterized by several analytical techniques including field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Enhancement in photocatalytic efficiency with magnetically-assisted recovery could be realized in the present TiO 2/a-Fe2O3 nanocomposites due to the high crystallinity of anatase TiO2 and the recyclability was resulted from ferromagnetics of hematite. © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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