Development of Nickel Doped Zinc Ferrite Nanocomposites as Magnetically Recoverable Catalytic Material for The Synthesis of Biphenyl Methane

Authors(2) :-Divya S. Nair, Dileep P S

Magnetically active nickel doped zinc ferrite nanoparticles with chemical composition NixZn1-xFe2O4 (x- 0.0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75 and 1.0) were successfully synthesized by sol-gel auto-combustion method using high purity metal nitrates and ethylene glycol as gelling agent. The prepared samples were characterized by X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) and Fourier Transform Infra-Red spectral (FTIR) analyses. TEM images and particle size distribution profile reveals the agglomeration tendency during nickel doping suggest the magnetic nature of particles. The remarkable change in the magnetic behaviour of nickel doped zinc ferrite samples provide an easy recovery and regeneration of the material and thus making an excellent candidate for benzylation reaction without any remarkable fall in the catalytic performance for repeated cycles.

Authors and Affiliations

Divya S. Nair
Department of Chemistry, St. Teresa's College, Ernakulam-682011, India
Dileep P S
Department of Chemistry, St. Teresa's College, Ernakulam-682011, India

Nanocomposites, Spinels, Catalysis, Benzylation, TEM

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 6 | Issue 6 | November-December 2019
Date of Publication : 2019-11-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 65-70
Manuscript Number : IJSRST19666
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Online ISSN : 2395-602X

Cite This Article :

Divya S. Nair, Dileep P S, " Development of Nickel Doped Zinc Ferrite Nanocomposites as Magnetically Recoverable Catalytic Material for The Synthesis of Biphenyl Methane", International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Volume 6, Issue 6, pp.65-70, November-December-2019. Available at doi : https://doi.org/10.32628/IJSRST19666    
Journal URL : https://ijsrst.com/IJSRST19666
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