One-Step Preparation of Nanoparticulate TbFeO3 by Microwave Process and its Visible-Light Photocatalytic Activity

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TbFeO3 nanoparticles were synthesized using Tb4O7 and Fe (NO3)3·9H2O as the main raw material by a one-step microwave process. The prepared nanoparticles were characterized by thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis (TG-DTA), powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). XRD and SEM demonstrate the successful synthesis of single phase TbFeO3 and an average grain size of 40-100 nm in diameter. The single phase structure of TbFeO3 was yet maintained after calcination at 800 °C. The photocatalytic experiment shows the high visible-light photocatalytic activity for the decomposition of methyl orange.

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Materials Science Forum (Volumes 809-810)

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December 2014

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