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Green Synthesis of Reduced Graphene Oxide-Cofe2o4 Nanocomposite As a Highly Efficient Visible-Light-Driven Catalyst in Photocatalysis and Photo Fenton-Like Reaction Publisher



Mazarji M1 ; Esmaili H2 ; Bidhendi GN3 ; Mahmoodi NM4 ; Minkina T1 ; Sushkova S1 ; Mandzhieva S1 ; Barakhov A1 ; Moghtaderi H5 ; Bhatnagar A6
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  1. 1. Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, 344006, Russian Federation
  2. 2. School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. School of Environment, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Department of Environmental Research, Institute for Color Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
  5. 5. Research Center for Science and Technology in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
  6. 6. Department of Separation Science, LUT School of Engineering Science, LUT University, Sammonkatu 12, FI-50130, Mikkeli, Finland

Source: Materials Science and Engineering: B Published:2021


Abstract

In this study, reduced graphene oxide (rGO)-cobalt ferrite (CoFe2O4) nanocomposite was synthesized by green mechano-thermal methods. The synthesized material was characterized using XRD, FTIR, SEM, TGA, UV–vis, VSM, and XPS. The as-prepared rGO-CoFe2O4 with a suitable band gap of 1.89 eV was explored as a photoactive material in visible-light degradation of two basic dyes namely, basic red 46 (BR46) and basic red 18 (BR18). In photocatalysis, BR46 and BR18 were degraded up to 76 and 79%, with apparent rate constants of 0.0051 and 0.0045 min−1, respectively. In the photo Fenton-like reaction, the efficiency and the rate constant were enhanced compared to photocatalysis and found to be 88% and 0.0088 min−1 for BR46 and 90% and 0.0093 min−1 for BR18. The hydroxyl radicals were the main active species responsible in the visible/rGO-CoFe2O4/H2O2 system. The in vitro study on human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) suggested the non-cytotoxicity of as-prepared nanocomposite. © 2021 Elsevier B.V.