Synthesis of Ag/AgCl Nanoparticles Immobilized on CoFe2O4 Fibers and Their Photocatalytic Degradation for Methyl Orange

Ag/AgCl nanoparticles were immobilized onto the as-prepared CoFe2O4 fibers by a facile synthesis method. The amount of Ag/AgCl nanoparticles immobilized onto CoFe2O4 fibers could be tuned. The as-synthesized Ag/AgCl@CoFe2O4 composite fibers were characterized by XRD, FESEM and EM, and employed to degradate MO (methyl orange) dye in wastewater under visible light. The results show that AAC-4 fiber exhibits higher efficiency for the degradation of the MO dye under visible light illumination than other Ag/AgCl@CoFe2O4 composite fibers or pure Ag/AgCl sample, and the decolorizing efficiency of MO can research 98.2%. The immobilization of Ag/AgCl nanoparticles onto CoFe2O4 fiber promotes the enhancement of photocatalytic efficiency and stability.