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Microemulsion-mediated preparation of Ce2(MoO4)3 nanoparticles for photocatalytic degradation of crystal violet in aqueous solution

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Preparation of Ce2(MoO4)3 nanoparticles is reported via the microemulsion method by using two different surfactants, i.e., cationic surfactant, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), and nonionic surfactant, Triton X-100. The water pools produced in the microemulsion systems behave as nanoreactors for reaction of the cerium (3+) and molybdate ions to produce Ce2(MoO4)3 nanoparticles. The structure and morphology of the products were characterized by using Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX), UV-Vis spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA-DTA), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The prepared Ce2(MoO4)3 nanoparticles were successfully utilized as photocatalysts to remove crystal violet from aqueous solution in which the maximum percentage of dye degradation was about 89% after 5 h under the visible light irradiation. Also, kinetic study of the photocatalytic degradation revealed that pseudo-second order model is the best one for describing kinetic of the reaction.

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    Maryam Dargahi & Marzieh Feizi

  2. Faculty of Chemistry, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

    Majid Masteri-Farahani & Samaneh Shahsavarifar

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Dargahi, M., Masteri-Farahani, M., Shahsavarifar, S. et al. Microemulsion-mediated preparation of Ce2(MoO4)3 nanoparticles for photocatalytic degradation of crystal violet in aqueous solution. Environ Sci Pollut Res 27, 12047–12054 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-07816-2

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