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Synthesis of magnetic CoFe2O4/ordered mesoporous carbon nanocomposites and application in Fenton-like oxidation of rhodamine B

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CoFe2O4/ordered mesoporous carbon (OMC) nanocomposites were synthesized and tested as heterogeneous peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activator for the removal of rhodamine B. Characterization confirmed that CoFe2O4 nanoparticles were tightly bonded to OMC, and the hybrid catalyst possessed high surface area, pore volume, and superparamagnetism. Oxidation experiments demonstrated that CoFe2O4/OMC nanocomposites displayed favorable catalytic activity in PMS solution and rhodamine B degradation could be well described by pseudo-first-order kinetic model. Sulfate radicals (SO4 −·) were verified as the primary reactive species which was responsible for the decomposition of rhodamine B. The optimum loading ratio of CoFe2O4 and OMC was determined to be 5:1. Under optimum operational condition (catalyst dosage 0.05 g/L, PMS concentration 1.5 mM, pH 7.0, and 25 °C), CoFe2O4/OMC-activated peroxymonosulfate system could achieve almost complete decolorization of 100 mg/L rhodamine B within 60 min. The enhanced catalytic activity of CoFe2O4/OMC nanocomposites compared to that of CoFe2O4 nanoparticles could be attributable to the increased adsorption capacity and accelerated redox cycles between Co(III)/Co(II) and Fe(III)/Fe(II).

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The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51508509, 51678527), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2015M581936), and the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (LY15E080019).

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    Jing Deng

  2. College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, China

    Jing Deng, Yi-Jing Chen, Yu-An Lu, Xiao-Yan Ma & Shan-Fang Feng

  3. College of Environmental Science & Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control & Resources Reuse, Key Laboratory of Yangtze Water Environment, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, 200092, China

    Naiyun Gao

  4. College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, 18 Chaowang Road, Xiacheng District, Hangzhou, 310014, China

    Jun Li

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Deng, J., Chen, YJ., Lu, YA. et al. Synthesis of magnetic CoFe2O4/ordered mesoporous carbon nanocomposites and application in Fenton-like oxidation of rhodamine B. Environ Sci Pollut Res 24, 14396–14408 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-8941-5

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