Photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue in aqueous media using magnesium-substituted copper ferrite as a magnetic catalyst

Julia Mazurenko; Larysa Kaykan; Volodymyr Moklyak; Mykhailo Petryshyn; Oleksandr Mazurenko; Sofiia Leleko

doi:10.15330/pcss.25.3.605-616

Authors

Julia Mazurenko Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine; Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Krakow, Krakow, Poland
Larysa Kaykan G.V. Kurdyumov Institute for Metal Physics, N.A.S. of Ukraine,Kyiv, Ukraine
Volodymyr Moklyak G.V. Kurdyumov Institute for Metal Physics, N.A.S. of Ukraine,Kyiv, Ukraine; Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
Mykhailo Petryshyn Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
Oleksandr Mazurenko Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
Sofiia Leleko Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15330/pcss.25.3.605-616

Keywords:

Copper Nanoferrite, Photocatalytic Degradation, Methylene Blue, Kinetics Fitting, Langmuir-Hinshelwood model, Weibull distribution model

Abstract

In this study, copper nanosized ferrites substituted with magnesium ions were synthesized using the sol-gel self-combustion method, with polyethylene glycol (M_W2000) serving as both fuel and chelating agent. Structural properties were investigated using X-ray diffraction. It was confirmed that all samples crystallized as cubic spinels with space group Fd3m. Optical studies showed band gaps increasing from 1.51 eV for CuFe₂O₄ to 1.62 eV for MgFe₂O₄, suggesting modifications in electronic structure due to magnesium substitution. Photocatalytic studies revealed that CuFe₂O₄ exhibited the most efficient degradation of Methylene Blue dye, with near-complete degradation at 160 minutes. Magnesium-substituted samples (x = 0.4 and x = 0.6) also showed significant degradation, though at a slower rate compared to pure CuFe₂O₄. Photocatalytic performance, particularly in degrading Methylene Blue, was evaluated using various kinetic models such as First- and Second-Order Kinetics, the Langmuir-Hinshelwood model, and the two-parameter Weibull distribution.

Author Biography

Julia Mazurenko, Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine; Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Krakow, Krakow, Poland

кандидат фізико-математичних наук, асистент кафедри медичної інформатики, медичної та біологічної фізики Івано-Франківського Національного медичного університету

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