najoNanosystems: Physics, Chemistry, MathematicsНаносистемы: физика, химия, математика2220-80542305-7971Университет ИТМО10.17586/2220-8054-2022-13-6-649-654najo-279Research ArticleСтатьиSynthesis of highly active and visible-light-driven PrFeO3 photocatalyst using solution combustion approach and succinic acid as fuelСинтез высокоактивного под действием видимого света фотокатализатора на основе PrFeO3 с использованием метода растворного горения и янтарной кислоты в качестве топливаhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3304-9068СероглазоваА. С.SeroglazovaA. S.annaseroglazova@yandex.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8450-4278ПопковВ. И.PopkovV. I.vadim.i.popkov@mail.ioffe.ruСанкт-Петербургский государственный технологический институт; Физико-технический институт имени А. Ф. Иоффе РАНРоссияSaint Petersburg State Institute of Technology; Ioffe InstituteRussian FederationФизико-технический институт имени А. Ф. Иоффе РАНРоссияIoffe InstituteRussian Federation202206062025136649654Copyright © Seroglazova A.S., Popkov V.I., 20252025Сероглазова А.С., Попков В.И.Seroglazova A.S., Popkov V.I.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://nanojournal.ifmo.ru/jour/article/view/279

In this work, nanocrystalline powder of praseodymium orthoferrite was obtained by the solution combustion synthesis using succinic acid as organic fuel. The obtained sample is characterized by techniques of powder x-ray diffraction, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, and UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. The sample was discovered to have a porous, foamy morphology with an average crystallite size of 36.1 nm and a band gap value of 2.1 eV. The study of Fenton-like photocatalytic activity was carried out on the example of the decomposition of the methyl violet dye in the presence of hydrogen peroxide under visible light. The maximum value of the degradation rate constant is 0.0325 min-1. The results were compared to the available data obtained for similar systems.

В данной работе нанокристаллический порошок ортоферрита празеодима был получен методом сжигания раствора с использованием янтарной кислоты в качестве органического топлива. Полученный образец охарактеризован методом порошковой рентгеновской дифракции, сканирующей и просвечивающей электронной микроскопии и спектроскопии диффузного отражения в УФ-видимом диапазоне. Установлено, что образец обладает пористой пенообразной морфологией со средним размером кристаллитов 36.1 нм и значением ширины запрещенной зоны 2.1 эВ. Исследование фентоноподобной фотокаталитической активности проводилась на примере разложения красителя метилового фиолетового в присутствии перекиси под действием видимого света. Максимальное значение константы скорости составило 0.0325 мин-1. Полученные результаты были сопоставлены с известными литературными данными для аналогичных систем.

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