Mesoporous Octahedron-Shaped Tricobalt Tetroxide Nanoparticles for Photocatalytic Degradation of Toxic Dyes.

ABSTRACT: The present article reports a facile approach to fabrication of mesoporous octahedron-shaped tricobalt tetroxide nanoparticles (Co₃O₄ NPs) with a very narrow size distribution for eco-friendly remediation of toxic dyes. Co₃O₄ NPs were fabricated by a sol-gel process using cobalt chloride hexahydrate (CoCl₂·6H₂O) and monosodium succinate (C₄H₅O₄Na) as a chelating/structure-directing agent and sodium dodecyl sulfate as a surfactant. Moreover, the phase structure, elemental composition, and thermal and morphological facets of Co₃O₄ NPs were investigated using XRD, FT-IR, EDS, Raman, XPS, TGA, SEM, and TEM techniques. The face-centered cubic spinel crystalline structu

SUBMITTER: Sonkusare VN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7160848 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature