Recyclable Fe3O4/Au Nanocomopsites for Oxidation Degradation of Methylene Blue in Near Neutral Solution

• Published in: Nano : brief reports and reviews pp. 1 - 9
• Main Author: Yan Xing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 성균나노과학기술원 01.11.2019
• Subjects: 자연과학
• ISSN: 1793-2920
• DOI: 10.1142/S1793292019501224

Fe3O4/Au nanocomopsites (Fe3O4/Au NPs) with much improved catalytic activity were successfully fabricated through a simple seed growth method in aqueous solution. The petal-like structure, high saturation magnetization, the negatively charged sodium citrate-stabilized Fe3O4/Au NPs was characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffractometer (XRD), dynamic light scattering (DLS) and vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM). The activated-H2O2 ability of Fe3O4/Au NPs was evaluated by using methylene blue (MB) as a cationic phenothiazines dye to be degraded in near neutral solution. The results showed Fe3O4/Au NPs removed over 95% MB from an aqueous solution within 60 min under the optimum conditions. The apparent rate constant of Fe3O4/Au NPs was 10.8 x 10 -2 min -1 which was 43.2 and 8.3 times higher than pure Fe3O4 (2.5 x 10 -3 min -1) and Au (1.3 x 10 -2 min -1) NPs. The enhanced catalytic activity and increased oxidation rate constant probably owing to the synergistic effect between Fe3O4 and Au NPs to activate H2O2 generate a large amount of strong oxidizing species, such as ·OH. In addition, nanocrystalline structure of Fe3O4/Au NPs was also very important to the peroxidase-like effect, especially the interaction interface between Fe3O4 and Au NPs. Moreover, Fe3O4/Au NPs was stable and could be regenerated and reused for at least five cycles. KCI Citation Count: 0