Hierarchically porous cellulose-based carbon aerogels with N-doped skeletons and encapsulated iron-based catalysts for efficient tetracycline catalytic degradation

Three-dimensional interpenetrating and hierarchically porous carbon material is an efficient catalyst support in water remediation and it is still a daunting challenge to establish the relationship between hierarchically porous structure and catalytic degradation performance. Herein, a highly porous...

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Published inInternational journal of biological macromolecules Vol. 261; no. Pt 2; p. 129829
Main Authors Ren, Jia-Xin, Chen, Shi-Peng, Li, De-Long, Wang, Meng-Lin, Zhu, Jin-Long, Zhong, Gan-Ji, Huang, Hua-Dong, Li, Zhong-Ming
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.03.2024
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Summary:Three-dimensional interpenetrating and hierarchically porous carbon material is an efficient catalyst support in water remediation and it is still a daunting challenge to establish the relationship between hierarchically porous structure and catalytic degradation performance. Herein, a highly porous silica (SiO2)/cellulose-based carbon aerogel with iron-based catalyst (FexOy) was fabricated by in-situ synthesis, freeze-drying and pyrolysis, where the addition of SiO2 induced the hierarchically porous morphology and three-dimensional interpenetrating sheet-like network with nitrogen doping. The destruction of cellulose crystalline structure by SiO2 and the iron-catalyzed breakdown of glycosidic bonds synergistically facilitated the formation of electron-rich graphite-like carbon skeleton. The unique microstructure is confirmed to be favorable for the diffusion of reactants and electron transport during catalytic process, thus boosting the catalytic degradation performance of carbon aerogels. As a result, the catalytic degradation efficiency of tetracycline under light irradiation by adding only 5 mg of FexOy/SiO2 cellulose carbon aerogels was as high as 90 % within 60 min, demonstrating the synergistic effect of photocatalysis and Fenton reaction. This ingenious structure design provides new insight into the relationship between hierarchically porous structure of carbon aerogels and their catalytic degradation performance, and opens a new avenue to develop cellulose-based carbon aerogel catalysts with efficient catalytic performance. [Display omitted] •SiO2 and FexOy facilitate formation of electron-rich graphite-like carbon skeleton.•Hierarchically porous carbon aerogels with N doping for photo-Fenton degradation.•The relationship between porous structure and catalytic performance is established.
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ISSN:0141-8130
1879-0003
DOI:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.129829