high efficiency fenton-based degradation of antibiotics under visible light by combustion synthesized bismuth ferrite nanoparticles

In this study, bifeo3 nanoparticles (bfo nps) were successfully synthesized by solution combustion method# the effect of different molar ratios of fuel-to-oxidant (f/o = 0#3, 0#555, 0#8) on the phase composition of the nanoparticles was investigated by powder x-ray diffraction# the band gap was calculated about 2#14 ev# the photocatalytic, fenton and photo-fenton performances of the catalyst were investigated by degrading tetracycline (tc) and methyl orange (mo) using visible light source# the photo-fenton performance of the nps reflects much higher than the photocatalytic or fenton performances# the photo-fenton mechanism of the bfo nps and the effect of ph on photocatalytic performance of bfo nps are also discussed#