“…The X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns of the as-synthesized adsorbents were recorded in Figure 2 a, which determined the crystalline structure and main phase of the composites. Similar peaks of Fe 3 O 4 and Fe 3 O 4 @PB at 2 θ 18.29, 30.14, 35.49, 37.14, 43.13, 53.52, 57.04, and 62.64° were indexed as (111), (220), (311), (222), (400), (422), (511), and (440) planes, respectively, well-matched with the previous researches [ 42 , 43 ]. Besides, Fe 3 O 4 @PB displays four predominant 2θ peaks compared with Fe 3 O 4 in the range of 17–40° corresponding to the Bragg planes of (200), (220), (400), and (420) [ 44 ], which belong to the face-centered cubic lattice structure of PB.…”