Synthesis of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles from Scrapped Waste Materials for Efficient Dye Removal to Purify Industrial Waste Water

Abstract

In this investigation, we used a circular economy approach by recycling metal scrap from industry as a component in creating nanoparticles. For producing iron oxide NPs we used electrochemical method with scrapped rusted iron nails as electrodes. In this technique, we used 50mM ferrous sulphate solution as an electrolyte and a direct current power supply. Different methods were used to characterise the synthesised iron oxide NPs, including ultraviolet-visible (UV-visible) spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The results demonstrated that the synthesised iron oxide NPs have an average crystallite size of 7.54 nm. Iron oxide NPs has potential to adsorb Congo red dye hence prepared NPs have been utilised for the adsorption of Congo red dye.