Robust ferromagnetism and active visible-near infrared photocatalytic properties: Fe based Mn, Co and Ni codoped CuO nanostructures

Herein, we designed compositions with strong ferromagnetic and efficient Vis/NIR photocatalytic properties based on Fe/Mn, Co or Ni codoped CuO nanostructures. Pure CuO, Cu0.97Fe0.03O, Cu0.94Fe0.03Mn0.03O, Cu0.94Fe0.03Co0.03O and Cu0.94Fe0.03Ni0.03O nanopowders were synthesized by simple and low cost co-precipitation method. The XRD exhibits only the crystallographic planes of monoclinic CuO with reasoning variation tendency of lattice constant...