articleProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesMar 14, 2019BRONZE OA

Singlet oxygen mediated iron-based Fenton-like catalysis under nanoconfinement

State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse · Nanjing University · +1 more institution

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Abstract

Nanoparticles distributed inside multiwalled carbon nanotubes with inner diameter of ∼7 nm. Unlike the traditional Fenton-like processes, this delicately designed system was shown to selectively oxidize the organic dyes that could be adsorbed with oxidation rates linearly proportional to the adsorption affinity. It also exhibited remarkably higher degradation activity (22.5 times faster) toward a model pollutant methylene blue than its nonconfined analog. Strikingly, the unforeseen stability at pH value up to 9.0 greatly expands the use of Fenton-like catalysts in alkaline conditions. This work represents a fundamental breakthrough toward the design and understanding of the Fenton-like system under…

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