Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1599986 Intermetallics 2014 6 Pages PDF
Abstract
Nanoporous Cu with tunable pore size (20-50 nm) are synthesized through chemical dealloying of the Mg65Cu25Gd10 metallic glass in sulfuric acid solution. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) demonstrated the formation of mixing structures consisting of amorphous matrix and fcc-Cu ligaments with nanoporous structure in the dealloyed samples. The nanoporous alloy obtained shows superior catalytic activity in degrading phenol-containing wastewater, e.g., the degradation rate increases by 2-4 times as compared to the un-dealloyed Mg-based metallic glass. It was also found that surface wettability plays an important role in degradation, which results in a better catalytic performance in the sample with coarser nanoporous structure although it has relatively less specific surface area as compared to the samples with finer pores. Finally, the mechanism for degradation of phenol is discussed.
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