<strong>Synthesis and characterization of magnetically separable visible-light photocatalyst for removal of methyl orange</strong>

Abstract

Zinc ferrite-polythiophene nanocomposite was successfully prepared by in situ oxidative polymerization of thiophene monomers in presence of zinc ferrite. This composite were characterized by different techniques and photocatalytic-adsorption studies were carried out for removal of methyl orange (MO) from aqueous media. The result shows that the synthesized products induced a high photocatalytic-adsorption activity for removal of the MO dye. The synthesized sample can be separated easily by an external magnet and reused twice more, and its activity was virtually unchanged, although a slight decrease was observed after each run.