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Zn-MOF decorated bio activated carbon for photocatalytic degradation, oxygen evolution and reduction catalysis by Saravanan Govindaraju; Shiva Kumar Arumugasamy; Gayathri Chellasamy; Kyusik Yun is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.

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An emerging global necessity for alternative resources combined with maximum catalytic efficiency, low cost, and eco-friendly composite remains a hotspot in the scientific society. Hereby, a novel protocol is approached to design a heterostructure of Zinc MOF decorated on the surface of 2D activated carbon (AC) through a simplistic approach. To begin with, analytical, morphological and spectroscopical studies were performed to identify the functional moieties, cruciate-flower like morphology and oxidative state of atoms present in the composite Zn-MOF @AC. The photocatalytic material aids in degrading both cationic and anionic dye in a UV (254 nm) irradiated environment at a rate of 86.4% and 77.5% within 90 mins. Subsequently, the hybrid materials are coated on the carbon substrate to evaluate the catalytic activity using oxygen evolution and reduction reaction process. The mechanical insight for the catalytic activity relies on the electronic transitions of atoms on the edges of the sheets ascribing to d-d energy levels between the interfacial electron movement. Our composite exhibits an overpotential of 0.7 V and a Tafel slope of 70 mV/dec for the oxygen reduction reaction. This

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Author

Saravanan Govindaraju; Shiva Kumar Arumugasamy; Gayathri Chellasamy; Kyusik Yun

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2022

Language

EN

Field

Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)