Novel Perspective for Synthesis of Fe3O4 (Magnetite) and SrFe2O4 Ferrite Nanoparticles: Effect of Surfactant on NPs Performance for Organic Dyes Degradation
摘要
Magnetite (Fe3O4) and strontium spinel ferrite (SrFe2O4) nanoparticles were prepared effectively using co-precipitation method. FT-IR, SEM, and XRD analyses were performed to confirm NPs structure. Inclusion of CTAB as a surfactant agent increased the crystal size ⁓ 13.60 to 83.93 nm and increased the lattice constant, while maintaining the spinel ferrite cubic crystal structure. According to SEM micrographs, CTAB significantly altered the shape structure from cauliflower to cubic, with grain sizes ranging from 53.78 ± 0.92 to 141.4 ± 2.2 nm. The spinel cubic structure with a crystal size of 22.85 nm is formed when Fe2+ is used during preparation steps; however, SrFe2O4 sample is indexed as a hematite rhomboidal structure in addition to a few other phases. Superparamagnetic properties, coercivity (