Enhanced heterogeneous Fenton-like degradation of methylene blue by reduced CuFe₂O₄.

ABSTRACT: To facilitate rapid dye removal in oxidation processes, copper ferrite (CuFe₂O₄) was isothermally reduced in a H₂ flow and used as a magnetically separable catalyst for activation of hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂). The physicochemical properties of the reduced CuFe₂O₄ were characterized with several techniques, including transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and magnetometry. In the catalytic experiments, reduced CuFe₂O₄ showed superior catalytic activity compared to raw CuFe₂O₄ for the removal of methylene blue (MB) due to its relatively high surface area and loading Fe⁰/Cu⁰ bimetallic particles. A limited

SUBMITTER: Qin Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9076977 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature