Reduced Graphene Oxide-Coated CuFeO2 with Fenton-like Catalytic Degradation Performance for Terramycin

Liping Wang; Gonghao Liu; Mingyu Zhang; Kun Luo; Ya Pang

doi:10.3390/nano12244391

Reduced Graphene Oxide-Coated CuFeO₂ with Fenton-like Catalytic Degradation Performance for Terramycin

Nanomaterials (Basel). 2022 Dec 9;12(24):4391. doi: 10.3390/nano12244391.

Authors

Liping Wang¹, Gonghao Liu¹, Mingyu Zhang², Kun Luo¹, Ya Pang¹

Affiliations

¹ College of Materials and Environmental Engineering, Changsha University, Changsha 410022, China.
² State Key Laboratory for Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China.

Abstract

A novel Fenton-like catalyst made of reduced graphene oxide-coated CuFeO₂ (rGO-coated CuFeO₂) was synthesized by the hydrothermal reaction method to remove terramycin from aqueous solutions. The catalytic degradation performance of rGO-coated CuFeO₂ for terramycin was verified with H₂O₂ activation. The characterization reveals that rGO-coated CuFeO₂ has a micro- and mesoporous structure, with groups such as C=C/C-C, CH₂-CO, and HO-C=O found on the surface. The Fenton-like catalytic degradation of terramycin by rGO-coated CuFeO₂ was in line with the pseudo-second-order kinetic model, and the elevated temperature accelerated the reaction. Terramycin was catalytically degraded by rGO-coated CuFeO₂ in two steps: terramycin was first adsorbed by rGO, and then Fenton-like degradation took place on its surface. This research presents new insight into the design and fabrication of Fenton-like catalysts with enhanced performance.

Keywords: fenton-like; hydrothermal reaction; rGO-coated CuFeO2; terramycin.

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