Novel binary composite of manganese ferrite/tungsten disulfide as a superior photocatalyst and ultra-reusability in reduction of nitroarenes

In this research, we introduced the manganese ferrite/tungsten disulfide as novel catalyst by modification of MnFe2O4 with WS2 for the first time. The desired catalyst identified by different techniques and was used in the photocatalytic reduction reaction of a wide range of nitroaromatic compounds using N2H4.H2O at 25 °C. The results of the catalytic photoreduction reaction of nitrobenzene, 1,2-dinitrobenzene and 1,4-dinitrobenzene were superb and showed 100% efficiency within 10 min. This novel photocatalyst represented high magnetic recycling and reusability performance for the reduction reactions even after 20 times of reuse.