摘要
In this work,the gold nanoparticles（Au-NPs）were in-situ generated on the surface of MnO2nanosheets to form MnO2/Au-NPs nanocomposite in a simple and cost-effective way.Multiple experiments were carried out to optimize the oxidation of basic dye（Methylene Blue（MB））,including the molar ratio of MnO2to chloroauric acid（HAu Cl4）,the p H of the solution and the effect of initial material.Under the optimal condition,the highest degradation efficiency for MB achieved to 98.9%within 60 min,which was obviously better than commercial MnO2powders（4.3%）and MnO2nanosheets（74.2%）.The enhanced oxidative degradation might attribute to the in-situ generation of ultra-small and highly-dispersed Au-NPs which enlarged the synergistic effect and/or interfacial effect between MnO2nanosheets and Au-NPs and facilitated the uptake of electrons by MnO2from MB during the oxidation,thus validating the application of MnO2/Au-NPs nanocomposite for direct removal of organic dyes from wastewater in a simple and convenient fashion.
In this work,the gold nanoparticles（Au-NPs）were in-situ generated on the surface of MnO2nanosheets to form MnO2/Au-NPs nanocomposite in a simple and cost-effective way.Multiple experiments were carried out to optimize the oxidation of basic dye（Methylene Blue（MB））,including the molar ratio of MnO2to chloroauric acid（HAu Cl4）,the p H of the solution and the effect of initial material.Under the optimal condition,the highest degradation efficiency for MB achieved to 98.9%within 60 min,which was obviously better than commercial MnO2powders（4.3%）and MnO2nanosheets（74.2%）.The enhanced oxidative degradation might attribute to the in-situ generation of ultra-small and highly-dispersed Au-NPs which enlarged the synergistic effect and/or interfacial effect between MnO2nanosheets and Au-NPs and facilitated the uptake of electrons by MnO2from MB during the oxidation,thus validating the application of MnO2/Au-NPs nanocomposite for direct removal of organic dyes from wastewater in a simple and convenient fashion.
基金
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21277048 and 21505046)
the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2016 M590336)
the "Chenguang Program" funded by Shanghai Education Development Foundation
Shanghai Municipal Education Commission (No. 15CG21)
