This paper describes
the crystal interphase impact of ZnFe
2
O
4
–Ag
in the photodegradation of Rhodamine
B. Prepared ZnFe
2
O
4
nanoparticles (NPs) were
deposited with Ag NPs to offer ZnFe
2
O
4
–Ag
(0–2.5%). An X-ray diffraction peak corresponding to the Ag
NPs was detected if the particle content reached about 2.0%, observing
multiple crystalline interphases in HR-TEM. Magnetic saturation (Ms)
was increased ∼160% times for ZnFe
2
O
4
–Ag (7.25 to 18.71 emu/g) and ZnFe
2
O
4
(9.62 to 25.09 emu/g) if the temperature is lowered from 298 to
5.0 K; while for Fe
3
O
4
(91.09 to 96.19 emu/g),
the Ms increment was just about 5.6%. After analyzing the DFT–Density
of State, a decrease of bandgap energy for ZnFe
2
O
4
–Ag
6
from the influence of the size of Ag cluster
was seen. Quantum yield (Φ) was 0.60 for ZnFe
2
O
4
, 0.25 for ZnFe
2
O
4
–Ag (1.0%),
0.70 for ZnFe
2
O
4
–Ag (1.5%), 0.66 for
ZnFe
2
O
4
–Ag (2.0%), and 0.66 for ZnFe
2
O
4
–Ag (2.5%), showing that the disposition
of Ag NPs (1.5–2.5%) increases the Φ to >0.60. The
samples
were used to photo-oxidize RhB under visible light assisted by photopowered
Langmuir adsorption. The degradation follows first-order kinetics
(
k
= 5.5 × 10
–3
min
–1
), resulting in a greater
k
= 2.0 × 10
–3
min
–1
for ZnFe
2
O
4
–Ag than for ZnFe
2
O
4
(or Fe
3
O
4
,
k
= 1.1 × 10
–3
min
–1
). DFT-total energy was used to analyze the
intermediates formed from the RhB oxidation. Finally, the ZnFe
2
O
4
–Ag exhibits good antibacterial behavior
because of the presence of Zn and the Ag components.