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Zeolite incorporated iron oxide nanoparticle composites for enhanced congo red dye removal

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Rational design of efficient material for dye removal is one of the most potential techniques to waste water management. Herein, the synergistic effect of the zeolite and iron oxide composites synthesized by adding 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3 g of zeolite during the nucleation of magnetite were explored. The crystal structures analyzed by XRD were compared with the local structure obtained from Mössbauer spectroscopy. The coexistence of goethite (α-FeOOH) in the prepared composites were observed from XRD and Mössbauer spectroscopy at higher content of zeolite (i.e. 0.2 and 0.3 g). The mechanism on the nucleation of α-FeOOH and its potential contribution in the removal of congo red dye is also highlighted. The removal percentage of the congo red dye is found to be as high as ~ 99%. The mechanism of the dye removal is also discussed. Moreover, the composites with zeolite have higher efficiency in the dye removal when the reusability test were performed.

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The author L. Herojit Singh thanks DST-SERB for the financial support under the project file no. EMR/2016/00152 and CRG/2021/001611, the author N. Joseph thanks DST-INSPIRE for providing the fellowship. The authors thank Department of Chemistry, NIT Manipur for the XRD and FTIR measurements. The authors thank Amit Garg for the English proof reading.

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    Ningthoujam Joseph Singh, Boris Wareppam, Konthoujam Priyananda Singh & L. Herojit Singh

  2. Department of Applied Physics, College of Applied Science, Kyung Hee University, Seocheon-Dong, Giheung-Gu, Yongin-Si, Geonggi-Do, 446-701, Republic of Korea

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  3. Institute of Physics, University of Brasília, Brasília, DF, 70919-970, Brazil

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Singh, N.J., Wareppam, B., Kumar, A. et al. Zeolite incorporated iron oxide nanoparticle composites for enhanced congo red dye removal. Journal of Materials Research 38, 1149–1161 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-022-00859-w

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