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One-pot hydrothermal synthesis of Co(OH)2 nanoflakes on graphene sheets and their fast catalytic oxidation of phenol in liquid phase

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Yao, Yunjin
Xu, C.
Miao, S.
Sun, Hongqi
Wang, Shaobin
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2013
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Yao, Yunjin. and Xu, Chuan and Miao, Shiding and Sun, Hongqi and Wang, Shaobin. 2013. One-pot hydrothermal synthesis of Co(OH)2 nanoflakes on graphene sheets and their fast catalytic oxidation of phenol in liquid phase. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 402: pp. 230-236.
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Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
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NOTICE: This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Volume 402, 15 July 2013, Pages 230–236. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2013.03.070

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A cobalt hydroxide (Co(OH)2) nanoflake-reduced graphene oxide (rGO) hybrid was synthesized by a onepot hydrothermal method using glucose as a reducing agent for graphene oxide (GO) reduction. The structural and surface properties of the material were investigated by scanning and transmission electron microscopies, energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry, powder X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and thermogravimetric analysis. Catalytic activities of GO, rGO, Co(OH)2 and Co(OH)2–rGOin aqueous phenol degradation using peroxymonosulfate as an oxidant were compared. A synergetic effect on the catalytic activity was found on the Co(OH)2–rGO hybrid. Although rGO has weak catalytic activity, Co(OH)2–rGO hybrid showed a higher catalytic activity than Co(OH)2. The phenol degradation on Co(OH)2–rGO was extremely fast and took around 10 min for 100% phenol removal. The degradation was found to follow the first order kinetics and a mechanism for phenol degradation was presented.