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Self-Assembled Nano-FeO(OH)/Reduced Graphene Oxide Aerogel as a Reusable Catalyst for Photo-Fenton Degradation of Phenolic Organics Renlan Liu, Yiming Xu, and Baoliang Chen Environ. Sci. Technol., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b01043 • Publication Date (Web): 25 May 2018 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on May 25, 2018

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Environmental Science & Technology

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Self-Assembled Nano-FeO(OH)/Reduced Graphene Oxide Aerogel as a

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Reusable Catalyst for Photo-Fenton Degradation of Phenolic Organics

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Renlan Liu1,2, Yiming Xu3,4, and Baoliang Chen1,2,*

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(1.Department of Environmental Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China; 2.

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Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Organic Pollutant Process and Control, Zhejiang University,

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Hangzhou Zhejiang 310058, China. 3. Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou,

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Zhejiang 310027, China. 4. State Key Laboratory of Silica Materials, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou

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310027, China.)

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* Corresponding author: phone & Fax: 0086-571-88982587

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Email: [email protected]

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Abstract

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Fabrication of visible-light-responsive, macroscopic photo-Fenton catalysts is crucial for

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wastewater treatment. Here, we report a facile fabrication method for nano-FeO(OH)/reduced

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graphene oxide aerogels (FeO(OH)-rGA) equipped with a stable macrostructure and a high

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efficiency for catalytic degradation of phenolic organics. The structure of FeO(OH)/rGA was

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characterized by SEM, TEM, XPS, Raman analysis. The FeO(OH) is the main constituent of

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ferrihydrite, which dispersed in the graphene aerogel with a particle size of ~3 nm can

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efficiently activate H2O2 to generate abundant •OH. The excellent performance of the

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FeO(OH)/rGO aerogel was specifically exhibited by the outstanding catalyst activity,

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sustained mineralization and eminent reaction rate for phenolic organics. A synergy effect

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between FeO(OH) and graphene aerogel was observed, which came from the extensive

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electron transfer channels and active sites of the 3D graphene aerogel and the

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visible-light-activated FeO(OH) and H2O2 consistently producing •OH. The FeO(OH)/rGA

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could be reused for 10 cycles without a reduction in the catalytic activity and had less iron

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leaching, which guarantees that the active ingredient remains in the gel. Moreover, the

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FeO(OH)/rGA induced photo-Fenton degradation of 4-chlorophenol under near neutral pH

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conditions because the tight connection of FeO(OH) with the rGO aerogel results in less iron

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leaching and prevents the generation of Fe(OH)3. The 4-chlorophenol was completely

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removed in 80 min with a 0.074 min-1 rate constant in the FeO(OH)-rGA/H2O2 photo-Fenton

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system under visible-light irradiation, and mineralization rate was up to 80% after six hours.

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Oxidative •OH can continuously attack 4-chlorophenol, 2,4,6-trichlorophenol and bisphenol A

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without selectivity. These results lay a foundation for highly effective and durable

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photo-Fenton degradation of phenolic organics at near neutral pH and sufficient activation of

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H2O2 for future applications.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Fe-rGA 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 3



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1. Introduction

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The traditional Fenton reaction is an advanced oxidation technology used for wastewater

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treatment, and the reaction involves a mixture of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and ferrous iron

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(Fe2+) in an acidic solution to generate hydroxyl radicals (·OH) for a subsequent attack of

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tartaric acid.1 Despite its use, the homogeneous Fenton reaction has several disadvantages,

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such as an acidic pH (pH 420 nm) in an XPA-7 type photochemical reactor (Xujiang

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Electromechanical Plant, Nanjing, China). The temperature was maintained at 30±2ºC by

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circulating cooling water. For the recycling, the organic compounds were added with H2O2

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after each cycle.

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2.5. Analytical Methods

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The residual concentrations of 4-CP and 2,4,6-TCP were detected by high-performance liquid

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chromatography (HPLC, Agilent 1200 Series) equipped with an ultraviolet detector with an

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SB-C18 (4.6×150 mm) column. The optimum mobile phase for 4-CP was a mixture of

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methanol, water and phosphoric acid (70/20/10 by volume) at a flow rate of 1.0 mL min-1 with

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an analytical wavelength of 279 nm. For 2,4,6-TCP detection, a mobile phase containing

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methanol and 0.02 mol/L phosphoric acid (80:20 v/v) was used at a wavelength of 285 nm.

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BPA was detected by an HPLC equipped with a fluorescence detector with an SB-C18

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(4.6×150 mm) column. The mobile phase was a mixture of acetonitrile and 0.01 M

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trifluoroacetic acid (70:30, v/v), and a wavelength of 280 nm was used. The total organic

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carbon (TOC) was measured using a TOC-V CPH TOC analyzer (SHIMADZU). The total

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dissolved iron in the reactive solution was detected using atomic absorption spectrometry

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(AAS, Perkin Elmer AAnalyst 700). For the different H2O2 concentrations, the potassium

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titanium (IV) oxalate spectrophotometric method was used at a wavelength of 385 nm.33 A

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pseudo first-order model was applied to describe the kinetics of phenolic organics

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photo-degration by Fe-rGA.

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The first-order constant k (min-1) was determined according 8


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to the following equation: ln(C0/Ct)=kt, where Ct is the concentration of phenolic organics at

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time t, C0 is the initial concentration of phenolic organics, k is the degradation rate constant,

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and t is the irradiation time. Hydroxyl radicals (•OH) were measured by adding methanol as

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scavenger and obtaining electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra with DMPO forming

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DMPO-•OH on a Bruker A300 EPR (modulation amplitude 1.00G; microwave power 20 mW;

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modulation frequency 9.866 GH). The intermediate products were determined by liquid

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chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC/MS) equipped with a linear ion trap interface with an

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HPLC and quaternary pump. More details regarding the analytical methods are available in

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the supporting information (SI).

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3. Results and discussion

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3.1. Characterization of the FeO(OH)-rGA aerogels and rGA

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A schematic illustration of the fabrication of FeO(OH)-rGA is presented in Figure S1. Initially,

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Fe3+ from FeCl3 can react via electrostatic interactions, cation-π interactions or metal

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coordination with the oxygen-containing functional groups on the GO nanosheets. Second,

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with the addition of VcNA for the chemical reduction at 95°C, the GO will transform into a

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reduced graphene oxide hydrogel (rGH), resulting in uniform deposition of the FeO(OH)

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nanometer structure on rGH layers. Finally, the black FeO(OH)-rGA was obtained after the

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freeze-drying process. The simple rGA was prepared by the same procedure without the

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addition of Fe3+. The measured density of FeO(OH)-rGA is 14.5 mg cm-3 and can be seen in

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Figure S2a. Meanwhile, FeO(OH)-rGA can bear weight 1,800 times more than its own weight

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without any mechanical deformation, as shown in Figure S2b. The excellent physical and

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mechanical performances are beneficial for its practical application. Nevertheless, excessive

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iron loading has an adverse impact on the aerogel structure stability. 25FeO(OH)-rGA

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presented an incomplete aerogel structure (Figure S2c). 9



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Figure 1. SEM image (a), TEM image (inset SAED image) (b), HRTEM image (c) and elemental mapping

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(d) of FeO(OH)-rGA.

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SEM and TEM techniques were used to observe the lamella and pore morphology.

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Figure 1a displays an abundant internal pore network. FeO(OH)-rGA possesses numerous,

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more uniform and smaller pore networks than rGA (Figure S3a), which can provide an

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extensive transportation network for electron transfer and effective reactions with H2O2.

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Figure 1b shows the abundant tiny particles (~3 nm) on the reduced graphene oxide (rGO)

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layers in FeO(OH)-rGA compared with that of pure rGA (Figure S3b), and the inset SAED

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shows the crystal diffraction with a crystal ring of FeO(OH)-rGA, implying that lattice

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striation of the particles and suggesting the generation of smaller and uniform crystals on the

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rGO layers. By calculation, the d-spacing values were equal to 0.223 nm and 0.127 nm, which

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were assigned to the (112) and (220) lattice planes of ferrihydrite (FeO(OH)) (JCPDS No.

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via the Fenton reaction in solution.36 Simultaneously, the elemental mapping showed C, O,

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and Fe elements in FeO(OH)-rGA (Figure 1d).

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To further confirm the oxygen functional groups and iron composition in the

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FeO(OH)-rGA aerogel, XPS was employed to analyze the FeO(OH)-rGA and rGA aerogels.

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We analyzed the C 1s spectra of the FeO(OH)-rGA and rGA aerogels and found that the

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functional groups, such as C-C/C=C (284.3 eV), C-O (285.5 eV), C=O (287.8 eV), and

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O-C=C (289.7 eV), were not significantly different, as shown in Figure 2a and Figure S3(c,

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d).37 The Fe 2p XPS spectra are shown in Figure 2b. The peaks at 711.8 eV and 725.6 eV are

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assigned to Fe(III)2p3/2 and Fe(III)2p1/2, respectively,38 which demonstrated that the iron ions

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were successfully loaded on the rGO layers and that a possible composition was FeO(OH).

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These XPS results demonstrated that the addition of iron did not influence the oxygen

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functional group contents in the rGA aerogel but increased the oxygen percentage via

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FeO(OH) generation (Figure S3 (e, f)). Meanwhile, the EDX analysis showed that the Fe

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mass percentage was 1.63%.

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Raman spectroscopy is an effective tool to observe ordered and disordered defects in

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graphene. In the Raman spectra (Figure 2c), two prominent peaks were observed at 1346 cm-1

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(D band) and 1582 cm-1 (G band), which correspond to sp3 carbon vibrational stretching and

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sp2 carbon vibrational stretching, respectively. The intensity ratios of the D to G bands (ID/IG)

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for the 15FeO(OH)-rGA and rGA aerogels are 1.09 and 1.24, respectively. The decrease of

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ID/IG ratio indicates that the FeO(OH) generation can reduce the disorder and defects of

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graphene during the synthesis process. It is possible that the iron ions easily combine with the

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–OH and –COOH groups of GO, and thus, small FeO(OH) crystals, which can prevent defect

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(e.g., holes) generation, form in the presence of VcNa at 95°C and are derived from the direct

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removal of oxygen functional groups.39 The Raman spectra are consistent with the SEM

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morphology, which also revealed that the pore network of FeO(OH)-rGA was more uniform,

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Figure 2. XPS spectra of C 1s (a) and Fe 2p (b) for FeO(OH)-rGA. Raman spectra of FeO(OH)-rGA and

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rGA (c). The optical contact angle of FeO(OH)-rGA (d).

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The contact angle values of FeO(OH)-rGA (Figure 2d) and rGA (Figure S4) were

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approximately 45° and 42°, which indicated hydrophilic surfaces. These surfaces are

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favorable for adsorbing dissolved phenolic compounds. We chose VcNa as the reducing

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reagent for a moderate reduction process compared to that with other reducing reagents (such

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as hydrazine hydrate) to retain a portion of the oxygen functional groups in the aerogel, as can

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be observed in the C 1s spectra of FeO(OH)-rGA and rGA from the XPS analysis. The

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moderate chemical reduction process of the synthesized aerogel restores the sp2 correlation of

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the π structure of the rGO layers and forms a loose porous structure, which provides more

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reactive reaction sites and electron transfer channels for photo-Fenton catalysis. 12


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The thermograms (TG) of 15FeO(OH)-rGA and rGA in air are shown in Figure S5. From

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room temperature to 500ºC, rGA and 15FeO(OH)-rGA exhibit a two-stage decomposition

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pattern. The first decomposition below 120 ºC corresponds to the loss of adsorbed water. The

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second decomposition in the range of 120-500ºC originates from the removal of labile

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oxygen-containing functional groups as CO2, CO, and H2O vapor. 15FeO(OH)-rGA and rGA

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have different weight losses because crystalline FeO(OH) gradually transforms into highly

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crystalline Fe2O3, which occupies 4.175%.

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3.2. Photo-Fenton catalytic activity of FeO(OH)-rGA aerogel

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Control experiments were conducted to compare the removal efficiency of 4-CP by the

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15FeO(OH)-rGA/H2O2 system at pH 3.0 with an initial 4-CP concentration of 10 mg/L and 20

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mM H2O2. As shown in Figure 3, 15FeO(OH)-rGA can dramatically degrade 4-CP within 80

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min under visible-light irradiation in the 15FeO(OH)-rGA/H2O2/4-CP system, whereas

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15FeO(OH)-rGA could not remove 4-CP, which demonstrated that 15FeO(OH)-rGA did not

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have catalytic activity without H2O2. In addition, H2O2 could not reduce 4-CP because the

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H2O2 direct photolysis rate constant is only 1.4×10-11 M-1 s-1.40 Most importantly, the

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visible-light adsorption of FeO(OH)-rGO after 2 h of heating presented a dramatic increase

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(Figure S6). This was mainly due to electron transfer between the iron center and rGO layers,

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which mobilized the FeO(OH)-producing Fe(II) in rGO. Consequently, 4-CP could not

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degrade without visible-light irradiation because the reaction rate constant of ferric iron with

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H2O2 is 2×10-3 M-1 s-1,41 which falls far below that of the ferrous ion reaction with H2O2 (76

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M-1s-1).42 Consequently, H2O2 and visible light were all essential conditions for 4-CP

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degradation. Furthermore, the reaction rate in the initial 30 min was comparatively slow

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because the concentration of the quinone intermediate the organics generated was limited, as

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shown in the latter HPLC analysis. According to previous reports, the coupling of visible

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irradiation and hydroquinone resulted in strong and universal driving forces in the Fenton

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reaction for organic pollutant degradation and mineralization.43 As the reaction proceeded, the 13



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4-CP removal remarkably accelerated, and the pseudo-first-order kinetic constant (k) was

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0.0695 min-1. Compared with other Fenton-like reactions previously reported (listed in Table

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S1),44-50 15FeO(OH)-rGA has a high degradation activity and efficiently utilizes H2O2 with

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less iron loading under visible-light irradiation.

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Figure 3. Time evolution of 4-CP removal under different conditions (reaction conditions: C0(4-CP): 10

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mg/L, C0(H2O2): 20 mM, pH=3, 500 W xenon lamp with a UV cutoff filter (λ > 420 nm)).

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3.3. Influence of solution conditions on degradation of phenolic organics

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The presence of iron in aerogels plays a vital role in their reaction activity. The

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performance of rGA changed significantly for 4-CP in the presence of iron χFeO(OH)-rGA

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(χ=0, 4, 8, 15) (Figure 4a) (C0(H2O2): 10 mM, pH=3). 15FeO(OH)-rGA completely removed

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4-CP within 110 min and was more efficient than the other iron-doped rGA aerogels. The

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removal of 4-CP increased as the iron doping increased because of the importance of iron in

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most of the catalytic components in the photo-Fenton reaction. Consequently, the addition of

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iron resulted in the activation of H2O2 to generate •OH radicals. Nevertheless, excessive iron

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loading will have an adverse impact on the aerogel structure stability. The probable reason is

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that Fe3+ could generate stable coordination compounds with GO.51 In the synthesis process,

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the excessive iron ions turn into FeO(OH) among the rGO layers, which can greatly hinder 14


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π-π stacking between the rGO layers in the aerogel, resulting in aerogel structural collapse, as

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shown in Figure S2c. Therefore, we chose 15FeO(OH)-rGA as the optimal aerogel ratio for

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further study.

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Figure 4. Influence of the initial iron content in FeO(OH)-rGA (a), influence of the initial solution pH (b),

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influence of the H2O2 concentration(c) on 4-CP degradation. Effectiveness for the degradation of various

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phenolic organics (d).

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The initial pH affects not only the photocatalytic performance but also the extent of iron

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leaching and the stability of the catalyst. In consideration of the significant influence of the

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pH on the photo-Fenton reaction, we studied the effect of the initial pH on the degradation of

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4-CP, as shown in Figure 4b (Catalyst: 15FeO(OH)-rGA, C0(H2O2): 10 mM). Although the

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degradation rate of 4-CP slightly declined as the pH increased from 3 to 6, approximately 15



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100% of 4-CP was removed within 150 min at pH=3, 4, 5, and 6, and this removal rate is

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evidently higher than that of other reported heterogeneous Fenton-like catalysts.52 One reason

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for the good degradation of 4-CP at near neutral pH is that the pH of the solution changed

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after the reaction because of the generation of low molecular weight organic acids, which

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were detected in this study, and mineralization to form CO2, which can also transform into

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carbonic acid, resulting in a decrease in the pH. Another reason is that FeO(OH) is

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encapsulated by graphene layers via strong π-π interactions, which could restrain ferric iron

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from leaching and transforming into less active Fe(OH)3. As shown in Figure S7, the color of

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the Fe3+ solution (16.4 mg/L, pH=3) changed from colorless to yellow after heating for 2 h

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without sediment formation, but after the 1st photo-Fenton reaction, an obvious red-brown

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precipitation was generated after 1 h, which directly proved the homogenous Fenton-like

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reaction is not suitable for practical applications. The special internal network structure of the

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graphene aerogels alters the state of iron in the catalyst, and the catalyst can exist at near

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neutral pH values and displays an excellent degradation performance that is completely

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different from that obtained with a homogeneous Fenton system. In addition, FeO(OH)-rGA

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has outstanding photo-Fenton performance at near neutral pH, which makes FeO(OH)-rGA a

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good candidate for the preparation of stable catalysts for industrial wastewater treatment

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applications without drastically adjusting the pH. Moreover, the macroscopic aerogel is easier

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to recycle, prevents sediment production, resists corrosion and possesses longer-term

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prospects.

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In photo-Fenton catalytic reactions, the oxidant concentration is a crucial factor that can

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significantly influence organic matter degradation. Figure 4c shows the 4-CP degradation was

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accelerated as the H2O2 dosage increased from 0 to 20 mM (Catalyst: 15FeO(OH)-rGA,

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pH=3), and the degradation rate constant (k) increased from 0.040 min under 5mM H2O2, to

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precursor in the reaction to produce •OH. However, with a higher dosage (50 mM), the k

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value obviously decreased to 0.06 min-1, which was probably caused by the excess H2O2

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scavenging •OH, which suppressed the 4-CP degradation. Consequently, the dosage of H2O2

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should exists in an optimum concentration range as much as possible. The demand for H2O2 is

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always high in the traditional Fenton reaction; hence, the consumption of H2O2 is commonly

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high in the reaction and a supply of fresh H2O2 is constantly required. As seen in Figure S8,

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we detected the variation in the H2O2 concentration in the photo-Fenton reaction and found

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that the concentration of H2O2 slightly decreased as the 4-CP degraded, which was mainly

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ascribed to the nanometer, well-dispersed FeO(OH) with a small size (~3 nm) in rGA

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effectively activating H2O2. Comparatively, the mass percentage of transition metal iron in

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15FeO(OH)-rGA merely was approximately 5%, which was far below that of synthetic iron

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oxide minerals. This further confirmed that the 3D macroscopic structures can disperse

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FeO(OH) on the graphene layers to provide sufficient catalytic sites and electron transfer

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channels for the photo-Fenton reaction.

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The photo-Fenton catalytic efficiency was different based on the type of organic

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compound. We selected three phenolic organics, 4-CP, 2,4,6-TCP and BPA. These organics

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are widely used as fungicides, herbicides, and plastic materials; considered toxic organic

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pollutants that are harmful to human health and aquatic organisms; and regarded as priority

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organic pollutants by the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). In this study, when

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the amount of added catalyst and H2O2 were determined, the content of •OH generated was

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simultaneously confirmed. Consequently, the difference in the degradation kinetics among

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4-CP, 2,4,6-TCP and BPA, which is shown in Figure 4d, was ascribed to the different

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molecular structures. The structural formulas of 4-CP, 2,4,6-TCP and BPA are shown in

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Figure S9. 2,4,6-TCP has three chlorine substituent connections on one benzene ring, and

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BPA has two benzene rings connected to each other in contrast with 4-CP. The photo-Fenton 17



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degradation kinetics of 4-CP, 2,4,6-TCP and BPA are presented in Figure 4d (Catalyst:

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15FeO(OH)-rGA, C0(H2O2): 20 mM, pH=3). 4-CP was completely removed within 80 min,

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and the degradation rate constant was 0.074 min-1, which was higher than that of 2,4,6-TCP

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and BPA. 2,4,6-TCP and BPA were completely degraded after 150 min, and the degradation

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rate constants were 0.029 min-1 and 0.031 min-1, respectively. Based on the above results, we

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concluded that as the number of chlorine substituents on one benzene ring and the number of

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benzene rings increase the rate of the photo-Fenton reaction decreases. Moreover, the

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influence of the number of benzene rings was even more significant because the structure of

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the benzene ring is very stable and not easily oxidized into an open loop. Nonetheless, •OH

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has a strong oxidant activity (oxidation potential=2.8 V vs NHE) and is capable of oxidizing a

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wide range of organics in wastewater. In this study, FeO(OH)-rGA, an outstanding

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photo-Fenton catalyst, could absolutely and rapidly degrade phenolic organics. In Figure 4,

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degradation rate of phenolic organics at the beginning was slow, which was probably because

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the FeO(OH)-rGA has limited sorption capacity of phenolic organics. But as the quinone

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organics produced in the reaction may be excited under visible light, and react with H2O2 to

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generate •OH as well. This may explain the fast degradation of 4-CP, 2,4,6-TCP and BPA after

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a short period of irradiation time.

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3.4. Reusability and stability of the FeO(OH)-rGA aerogel

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The reusability and stability of photo-Fenton catalysts are crucial for practical

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applications. FeO(OH)-rGA was stored in a reaction solution for 10 cycles, and 4-CP and

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H2O2 were added repeatedly after each cycle under visible-light irradiation. The reusability

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performance of FeO(OH)-rGA is shown in Figure 5a. It can be seen that 4-CP was completely

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degraded (100%) after each cycle, and the degradation continued until the 10th cycle.

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Moreover, the morphology and internal network of FeO(OH)-rGA after 10 cycles of

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regeneration did not show any significant changes, as shown in Figure S10. The reusability of 18


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FeO(OH)-rGA ensures its efficient performance and stability for several cycles without losing

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its catalytic activity; thus, it is a superior candidate for the photo-Fenton process, particularly

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for the removal of organic contaminants.

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The stability of the photo-Fenton catalyst was also observed by examining the iron

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leaching, which directly indicated the stability of the catalytically active component. The total

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iron leaching after 10 cycles is displayed in Figure 5b. The total iron concentration was 16.4

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mg/L in FeO(OH)-rGA. The range of the total iron leaching after each cycle was

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approximately 0.4-0.6 mg/L, which accounted for only ~2.5% of 16.4 mg/L. Moreover, the

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total iron content in solution after each cycle did not change significantly after the first cycle,

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as shown in the inset picture (Figure 5b). We did not detect ferrous ions in the reaction

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solution using the 1,10-phenanthroline method at a wavelength of 510 nm with a Shimadzu

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UV-2550 spectrophotometer.53 Comparing the EDX results of 15FeO(OH)-rGA after 10

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cycles (Figure S10d) with that of the initial 15FeO(OH)-rGA (Figure S3f), the 0.1% drop

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suggests that the iron loss was practically negligible. Therefore, FeO(OH)-rGA is an excellent

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photo-Fenton catalyst for practical applications in the future.

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Figure 5. The reusability (a) and stability (inset of Fe(T) variation in the first cycle) (b) of the

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FeO(OH)-rGA aerogel after 10 cycles in the FeO(OH)-rGA/H2O2/4-CP system under visible-light

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irradiation. (Reaction conditions: C0(4-CP): 10 mg/L, C0(H2O2): 10 mM, pH=3, 500 W xenon lamp with a

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3.5. Photocatalytic degradation mechanisms

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The analysis of free radical quenching is effective for real-time identification of reaction

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species in photo-Fenton system. Therefore, the reactive species were further distinguished by

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adding methanol as scavenger for the •OH generated in the reaction solution.54 Methanol has

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a high reaction rate constant with •OH, up to k=9.6 ×109 M-1 s-1.55 The results achieved after

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the methanol addition were compared to those obtained without methanol addition and are

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shown in Figure 6a. The results clearly revealed no degradation of 4-CP after the methanol

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addition, which suggested that the 4-CP degradation was driven by •OH derived from

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FeO(OH)-rGA-activated H2O2 under visible-light irradiation. To further identify the radical

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species in the reaction, EPR with DMPO as a spin-trapping agent was used to detect •OH

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radicals

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•OH with an intensity ratio of 1:2:2:1 were obtained in the EPR spectra of

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FeO(OH)-rGA/H2O2, which clearly indicated •OH was generated in the FeO(OH)-rGA/H2O2

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system under visible-light irradiation.

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after 5 min of visible-light irradiation. The typical four characteristic peaks of

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Figure 6. Effect of radical scavengers on the degradation of 4-CP (a). EPR spectra of DMPO-•OH adducts

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that formed over time with visible-light irradiation of a suspension of 15FeO(OH)-rGA/H2O2 (b).

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The HPLC analysis is displayed in Figure 7a and shows the visual changes in the 4-CP

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degradation. It can be concluded that A and D are 4-CP and H2O2, respectively, at t=0, and the

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degree of 4-CP mineralization is shown in Figure 7b. The TOC removal gradually increased

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to 80% after 6 h of reaction. The initial TOC removal was slow within 120 min, which was

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mainly because of the intermediate product generation, i.e., quinone organics (C and D) with

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a higher toxicity potential.57 The molecular structure of the intermediate products was

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determined by HPLC-MS (Figure S11). These intermediate products retained the benzene ring

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structure, which resulted in a solution with a relatively higher TOC at the beginning of the

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reaction. The TOC removal dramatically accelerated once the reaction continued because the

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benzene ring of the intermediate products was persistently attacked by •OH and eventually

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transformed into low molecular weight organic acids with toxicity decreasing, which are more

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susceptible to oxidative degradation. The possible reaction pathway for 4-CP degradation is

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presented in Figure S12.

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Figure 7. The intermediate products generation and mineralization of 4-CP. HPLC analysis of 4-CP

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degradation within 150 min (a). TOC removal of 4-CP within 6 h of reaction (b). (Reaction conditions:

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C0(4-CP): 10 mg/L, C0(H2O2): 10 mM, pH=3, 500 W xenon lamp with UV cutoff filter (λ > 420 nm)).

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Based on the above analysis, a possible mechanism for phenolic organic degradation by

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FeO(OH)-rGA with H2O2 under visible-light irradiation was proposed (Figure 8). Ferric ions

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on the GO interface can create catalyst precursors with even and uniform distributions. Once

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sodium ascorbate was added as a reducing agent, GO gradually transforms into rGO along

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with recovery of the sp2 regions, which are beneficial for electron transfer between the iron

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center and H2O2. Moreover, the ferric ions turn into nanometer FeO(OH) that is firmly fixed

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in rGA via strong π-π interaction between the rGO layers, preventing iron leaching. In

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addition, the nanoparticles (average size ~ 3 nm) are distributed evenly on the rGO layers,

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improving the catalytic activity of the FeO(OH)-rGA aerogel compared with that of pure

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Fe2O3, which has a slow reaction efficiency with H2O2 even under UV-light irradiation.58

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FeO(OH) has a special optical activity that can easily be activated by visible light and

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transforms to Fe(II) to activate H2O2 to produce •OH. This process is than pure H2O2 direct

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photolysis, and an extraordinary catalytic activity is displayed for phenolic organic

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degradation along with Fe(III)/Fe(II) catalytic cycles. Furthermore, FeO(OH)-rGA can

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generate •OH with H2O2 under visible-light irradiation due to coupling the visible irradiation

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and intermediate quinone organics, which have strong and universal driving forces in the

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Fenton reaction for phenolic organic degradation and mineralization. The special

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FeO(OH)-rGA structure allows superior degradation of phenolic organics at near neutral pH

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values and maintains the stability of the catalyst, avoiding a negative influence from catalyst

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aggregation.

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Figure 8. Schematic illustration of the possible hydroxyl radical generation mechanism and phenolic

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organic mineralization in the FeO(OH)-rGA/H2O2 system under visible-light irradiation.

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In this study, we employed a facile synthetic method for iron-doped-rGO aerogels as an

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effective and original photo-Fenton catalyst. The obtained aerogel not only had a stable

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macrostructure and lighter density but also a prominent catalytic activity for phenolic organic

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degradation at near neutral pH values with less iron leaching after 10 cycles of consecutive

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uses. The minimal iron leaching was mainly because the smaller FeO(OH) crystals (average

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size ~3 nm) were immobilized and dispersed on the rGO layers, and these iron crystals

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possess a higher catalytic activity than pure iron oxides. The sp2 regions of rGO were

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recovered by sodium ascorbate reduction to ensure fewer defects after iron doping.

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Consequently, this FeO(OH)-rGA aerogel is an ideal photo-Fenton catalyst that overcomes the

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disadvantages of conventional Fenton reactions and can be applied to practical applications

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for effective removal of organic pollutants.

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 ASSOCIATED CONTENT

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Supporting Information

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LC-MS analysis and comparison of the catalytic properties of different photo-Fenton catalysts

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(Table S-1) and Figures S1-S12 are presented. This information is available free of charge via

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the Internet at http://pubs.acs.org.

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 AUTHOR INFORMATION

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Corresponding Author

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*Phone: 0086-574-87609508; e-mail: [email protected]

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Notes

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The authors declare no competing ﬁnancial interest.

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 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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This project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant

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21425730, 21537005, and 21621005), the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant

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2014CB441106), and the National Key Technology Support Program of China (No.

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2015BAC02B01).

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