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Magneto-Optical and Catalytic Properties of Recyclable Spinel NiAl 2 O 4 Nanostructures Using Facile Combustion Methods

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Spinel nickel aluminate (NiAl 2 O 4) nanospheres (NSPs) and nanoplatelets (NPLs) were successfully synthesized using a facile microwave combustion method (MCM) and conventional combustion method (CCM), respectively, using urea as the fuel. The as-prepared samples were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), high-resolution scanning electron microscopy (HR-SEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), selected area electron diffraction (SAED), UV–Visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy, and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) analysis. Powder XRD, FT-IR, EDX, and SAED results showed that the samples were pure phase spinel NiAl 2 O 4 nanocrystals without any other secondary phase impurity. UV–Vis DRS and PL spectroscopy results were used to calculate the energy band gap (E g) value of the samples which is 3.41 and 3.08 eV for NiAl 2 O 4 NSPs and NiAl 2 O 4 NPLs, respectively. VSM results of the NiAl 2 O 4 NPLs sample show lower M s (49.16 × 10 −3 emu/g) values compared with the NiAl 2 O 4 NSPs sample (73.42 × 10 −3 emu/g), which confirm that both the products have ferromagnetic behavior. NiAl 2 O 4 NSPs were found to have higher surface area than NiAl 2 O 4 NPLs, which in turn leads to the improved performance towards the selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol into benzaldehyde, with 100 % selectivity, and it was found that the NiAl 2 O 4 NSPs sample show higher conversion (96.25 %) than NiAl 2 O 4 NPLs (85.37 %). The as-prepared samples show high activity, good reusability, remarkable stability, and environmentally friendly materials for industrial and technological applications.

Spinel NiAl2O4-NSPs and NiAl2O4-NPLs samples were synthesized by MCM and CCM techniques respectively. Structural, morphological, magneto-optical and catalytic properties were studied systematically. The calculated optical band gap value of the sample NiAl2O4-NSPs is 3.41 eV, which is higher than NiAl2O4-NPLs (3.08 eV), due to the smaller particle size. The relatively lower Ms (49.16 × 10-3 emu/g) of NiAl2O4-NPLs shows that it is weak ferromagnetism and high Ms (73.42 × 10-3 emu/g) of NiAl2O4-NSPs confirms its ferromagnetic behavior. Catalytic oxidation of benzyl alcohol into benzaldehyde was found that the sample NiAl2O4-NSPs show higher conversion (96.25 %) than NiAl2O4-NPLs (85.37 %) with 100 % selectivity.

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Jayasree, S., Manikandan, A., Antony, S.A. et al. Magneto-Optical and Catalytic Properties of Recyclable Spinel NiAl 2 O 4 Nanostructures Using Facile Combustion Methods. J Supercond Nov Magn 29, 253–263 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-015-3249-5

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