Engineered 3D copper ferrite/kaolinite/polypyrrole carbon black hydrogels for efficient persulfate activation in tetracycline degradation: kinetics, mechanistic insights, toxicity, and green metrics
This study develops reusable CKP hydrogels (CuFe 2 O 4 /kaolinite/polypyrrole–carbon black/CMC), achieving 98% tetracycline degradation in 15 min via LED-persulfate activation.
Authors
- Mahendra Chinthala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8893-1082)
- K. Bavya Devi
- Akash Balakrishnan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4281-3272)
- Natarajan Rajamohan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5015-0694)
- Arvind Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0036-4317)
- Tushar Kumar Khora
Institutions
- National Institute of Technology Rourkela (IN)
- Sacred Heart College (IN)
- Sohar University (OM)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d5ta05451f
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.45