TriMOF synergized on the surface of activated carbon produced from pineapple leaves for the environmental pollutant reduction and oxygen evolution process

Shiva Kumar Arumugasamy, Gayathri Chellasamy, Sankar Sekar, Sejoon Lee, Saravanan Govindaraju, Kyusik Yun

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Abstract

Facile and modest synthesis of significantly effective and less-cost catalysts for environmental pollutant degradation and oxygen evolution holds substantial potential in environmental and energy fields. Hereby, Trimetallic organic frameworks (TriMOF) consisting of Fe, Co, and Zn synergized on the surface of activated carbon (AC) from pineapple leaves tend to show exponential catalytic activity due to the more excellent ionic conductivity, catalytic stability and multiple active sites provided by different metal precursors. Furthermore, the developed nanocomposite was coated on the stainless-steel electrode substrate at room temperature, delivering greater electrocatalytic surface area and numerous active sites. The oxidation reaction kinetics drives the catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol to 4-aminophenol with a minimal time of 12 min @ >97 % efficiency. Furthermore, on electrocatalytic oxidation of water splitting process due to the presence of multiple metallic, active sites, the overpotential is at 370 mV having Tafel slope of 40 mV/dec and electrochemically active surface area of is 9.9 mF/cm2. This superior catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol and electrocatalytic water oxidation process is attributed to the developed composite's active centre and conductivity.

Original languageEnglish
Article number131893
JournalChemosphere
Volume286
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2022

Keywords

  • 4-aminophenol
  • 4-nitrophenol
  • Activated carbon
  • Metal-organic framework
  • Water oxidation

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