Synthesis and Catalytic Activity of Spinel Ferrites: A Brief Review
Sagar Kumar Dutta, Morsheda Akhter, Jamil Ahmed, Muhamad Amin, Palash Kumar Dhar, S Ramesh, B Dhanalakshmi, B Chandra Sekhar, P Subba Rao, B Parvatheeswara Rao, A Sathiya Priya, D Geetha, N Kavitha, S Khan, S Irfan, S Lee, K Sathiyamurthy, C Rajeevgandhi, L Guganathan, S Bharanidharan, S Savithiri, A Manikandan, Y Slimani, A Dinesh, A Khan, K Thanrasu, A Baykal, S Jaganathan, H Dzudzevic-Cancar, A Asiri, K Kefeni, T Msagati, B Mamba, M Khan, M Sabir, A Mahmood, M Asghar, K Mahmood, M Khan, I Ahmad, M Sher, M Warsi, M Gonalves, P Rocha, T Silva, R Martins, E Nossol, L Angnes, S Rout, A Rodrigo, S Ayyappan, S Mahadevan, P Chandramohan, M Srinivasan, J Philip, B Raj, T Shahjuee, S Mortezamasoudpanah, S Mohammadmirkazemi, K Kefeni, B Mamba, T Msagati, A Mayeen, A Sajan, N Kalarikkal, S Gul, M Yousuf, A Anwar, M Warsi, P Agboola, I Shakir, M Shahid, M Kurian, D Nair, K Sanchez-Lievanos, J Stair, K Knowles, I Ahmad, T Abbas, M Islam, A Maqsood, G Shahane, A Kumar, M Arora, R Pant, K Lal, R Pawar, S Shirsath, R Kadam, R Joshi, S Patange, T Bromho, K Ibrahim, H Kabir, M Rahman, K Hasan, T Ferdous, H Taha, M Altarawneh, Z Jiang
Abstract
The spinel ferrites have earned enormous interest worldwide because of their attractive potential applications. This review highlights different synthetic protocols of spinel ferrites such as co-precipitation, sol-gel, microemulsion, solid-state, hydrothermal, and thermal decomposition, where each method can influence the properties of ferrites. The use of ferrites in heterogeneous catalysis of various organic syntheses is discussed therein; the activity is mostly particle size-dependent. The catalytic activity of spinel ferrites towards photo-irradiated dye degradation is also studied. In the presence of H2O2 producing a Fenton-type system, ferrites have tremendous potential for dye degradation in an advanced oxidation process.