期刊
NANOMATERIALS
卷 11, 期 5, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nano11051064
关键词
carbon dots; carbon nanoparticles; Cr(VI) remediation; hexavalent chromium; spent coffee grounds
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资金
- PRIN 2017 [2017PBXPN4_003]
- INITIO-FET Project (Horizon 2020) [828779]
- Research for Innovation POR PUGLIA FESR-FSE 2014/2020 Ricerca Regione Puglia
Carbon nanomaterials with sp(2)/sp(3) carbon backbone possess peculiar physical chemical features suitable for various applications. Carbon nanoparticles produced from spent coffee grounds exhibit unique properties, such as rapid reduction of Mn(VII) to Mn(II) and Cr(VI) to Cr(III), due to the presence of heteroatoms and surface functional groups. The formation and characterization of these carbon nanomaterials were achieved through a sustainable and eco-friendly oxidation process.
Carbon nanomaterials are a group of materials characterized by sp(2)/sp(3) carbon backbone which, combined with surface atoms and/or chemical groups, ensures peculiar physical chemical features for a wide range of applications. Among these materials, carbon dots and carbon nanoparticles belong to carbon nanomaterials with a few nanometer dimensions. In this work, carbon nanoparticles were produced from spent coffee grounds as sustainable carbon source through a simple, cheap and eco-friendly procedure according to an oxidation process (at controlled temperature) driven by hydrogen peroxide. Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) and fluorescence, UV-Vis absorption, FT-IR and Raman spectroscopy were used to assess the formation of carbon nanomaterials of about 10 nm with the typical emission and absorption properties of carbon dots and peculiar surface features. In fact, the presence of heteroatoms, i.e., phosphorus, and the carbonyl/carboxyl surface groups on carbon nanoparticles, was proposed to confer peculiar properties allowing the fast Mn(VII) reduction to Mn(II) at neutral pH and the Cr(VI) reduction to Cr(III) in weak acid aqueous media.
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