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Hierarchically porous polyaromatic carbon spheres decorated NiMn2O4 nanocomposite: efficient selective azo dye degradation from aqueous water and reduction of p-nitrophenol to p-aminophenol

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We have intended and preparation of hierarchically absorbent materials were covered with a NiMn2O4 and acts as a catalyst for azo dye degradation. The polyaromatic-based (PA) absorbent compounds were initially constructed by bromomethylated aromatic hydrocarbons which undergo self-polymerization in presence of ZnBr as a reagent and cross linker is bromomethyl methyl ether. The absorbent black materials with a 3D network were prepared by direct carbonization and activation of the as-prepared PA. The hydrothermal method was adapted for the preparation of carbon hybrid material C@NiMn2O4 powder's catalytic activity is effective in reducing p-nitrophenol to p-aminophenol and decolorizing carbon-based dyes like methyl orange (MO), methyl yellow (MY), and Congo red (CR) in aqueous media at 25 °C when NaBH4 is added. UV–visible spectroscopy was used to analyze the dyes' breakdown at regular interval.

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    Reddi Mohan Naidu Kalla & Seong-Cheol Kim

  2. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Srivenkateswara College of Engineering, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India

    T. Kaliraja

  3. Department of Chemistry, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Avadi, Chennai, 600062, Tamil Nadu, India

    Sivarama Krishna Lakkaboyana

  4. School of Chemical Engineering, Pusan National University, Busandaehag-ro 63-2, Geumjeong-gu, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea

    Il Kim

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Kalla, R.M.N., Kaliraja, T., Lakkaboyana, S.K. et al. Hierarchically porous polyaromatic carbon spheres decorated NiMn2O4 nanocomposite: efficient selective azo dye degradation from aqueous water and reduction of p-nitrophenol to p-aminophenol. Carbon Lett. 34, 1229–1237 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42823-023-00685-y

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