Preparation and Photocatalytic Properties of CoCuOx/Carbon Aerogel
Refractory organic pollutants in water would pose a potential threat to human health.Photocatalysis has attracted public attention due to its outstanding capacity for organic pollutants degradation.CoCuOx/carbon aerogel(CoCuOx/CA)was successfully prepared by one-step method,and the structure and morphology of the photocatalyst were characterized by XRD,SEM,and TGA/DTG.The effects of different reaction systems,degradation time and recycling times on the catalytic performance of CoCuOx/CA were investigated,and the results were observed that CoCuOx/CA shows high performance in H2 O2 activation for decontamination in water under simulated sunlight.Within 120 min,the degradation efficiency of methylene blue(MB),congo red(CR),phenol was 95.8%,95.13%and 83.85%,respectively.Moreover,the recycling experiment and XRD suggested the stability of CoCuOx/CA,and the removal rate of MB was still more than 95%after three times of recycling.Radical quenching experiment confirmed the existence of·OH in the reaction system,which played the most significant role in decomposing organic pollutants.