A Novel Metal-Containing Mesoporous Silica Composite for the Decolorization of Rhodamine B: Effect of Metal Content on Structure and Performance.

ABSTRACT: A series of novel Mn_xFe_y@SiO₂ (x,y = 1-20%) nanocomposites were synthesized for the first time via the sol-gel/combustion method with different content of precursors (Mn and Fe acetate salts). The effect of precursor content and ratio on physicochemical properties were observed by various characterization methods. Moreover, Rhodamine B (RhB) was chosen as the target pollutant to test the performance of these nanocomposites under a photocatalytic Fenton-like reaction. The results showed that the nanocomposite morphology improved by increasing Fe and Mn content. In this study, interesting behavior was observed in BET results which were different from the fact that increasing metal content can decrease the surface area. This study revealed that one metal could

SUBMITTER: Ghaffari Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9736502 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature