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creators_name: Iqbal, F.
creators_name: Mutalib, M.I.A.
creators_name: Shaharun, M.S.
creators_name: Khan, M.
creators_name: Abdullah, B.
title: Synthesis of ZnFe2O4 Using sol-gel Method: Effect of Different Calcination Parameters
ispublished: pub
keywords: Activation analysis; Calcination; Elementary particles; Energy gap; Nitrates; Process engineering; Sol-gel process; Sol-gels; Zinc; Zinc compounds, Band-gap semiconductors; Ferric nitrate; Low-band gap semiconductors; Temperature range; Visible light driven photocatalysts; Wavelength ranges; Zinc ferrite; ZnFe2O4, Thermogravimetric analysis
note: cited By 27; Conference of 4th International Conference on Process Engineering and Advanced Materials, ICPEAM 2016 ; Conference Date: 15 August 2016 Through 17 August 2016; Conference Code:131138
abstract: This study aims to synthesize a low band gap semiconductor that will able to convert higher band gap semiconductor under visible light driven photocatalyst. P-type Zinc ferrite (ZnFe2O4) particles were synthesized by a sol-gel method in acidic medium. A stoichiometric amount of zinc nitrate (Zn (NO3)2.4H2O) and ferric nitrate (Fe (NO3)3.9H2O were used. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) was performed to study a weight loss at higher temperatures and UV - VIS to determine the minimum wavelength of lightrequired for the activation of the synthesized catalyst. TGA illustrated that maximum weight loss occurs in the temperature range 200-700 °C. When thetemperature exceeded 870 °C, no further decomposition of sample occurred. Absorbance pattern of ZnFe2O4 synthesized under two different conditions (i.e. under N2 gas atmosphere and under normal atmosphere) showed a similar absorbance pattern in wavelength ranges from 380-590 nm but from 590-800 nm, the sample calcined under N2 gas environment exhibits higher absorbance than the sample calcined under atmosphere condition. © 2016 The Authors.
date: 2016
publisher: Elsevier Ltd
official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85013904406&doi=10.1016%2fj.proeng.2016.06.563&partnerID=40&md5=43cf85686b217c5d76dfc0efa90de10c
id_number: 10.1016/j.proeng.2016.06.563
full_text_status: none
publication: Procedia Engineering
volume: 148
pagerange: 787-794
refereed: TRUE
issn: 18777058
citation:   Iqbal, F. and Mutalib, M.I.A. and Shaharun, M.S. and Khan, M. and Abdullah, B.  (2016) Synthesis of ZnFe2O4 Using sol-gel Method: Effect of Different Calcination Parameters.  In: UNSPECIFIED.