Babak Kakavandi, Mohammad Ahmadi, Jorge Bedia, Masoumeh Hashamfirooz, Azra Naderi, Vahideh Oskoei, Hossein Yousefian, Roshanak Rezaei Kalantary, Rasool Pelalak, Raf Dewil
A heterogeneous catalyst was prepared by anchoring spinel cobalt ferrite nanoparticles on porous activated carbon (SCF@AC). The catalyst was tested to activate hydrogen peroxide (HP) in the Fenton degradation of metronidazole (MTZ). SCF nanoparticles were produced through the co-precipitation of iron and cobalt metal salts in an alkaline condition. Elemental mapping, physico-chemical, morphological, structural, and magnetic properties of the as-fabricated catalyst were analyzed utilizing EDX mapping, FESEM-EDS, TEM, BET, XRD, EDS, and VSM techniques...
April 25, 2024: Chemosphere