Octopus-like PtCu nanoframe as peroxidase mimic for phenol removal

• DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2018.06.117
• Publication Date: 2018-06-26T02:24:59Z
• Authors: Jinghua Li; Xiaonan Li; Wenpo Feng; Lu Huang; Yan Zhao; Yan Hu; Kaiyong Cai
• Keywords: Horseradish peroxidase; octopus (software)

Abstract In this study, uniform octopus-like platinum-copper alloy nanoframes (OPCANs) were exploited as peroxidase mimics for phenol removal. The OPCANs exhibited excellent peroxidase-like catalytic activity with oxidant H2O2. Compared with the natural peroxidase horseradish peroxidase (HRP), OPCANs could catalyze H2O2 over a wider range of temperatures and pH values. Moreover, the OPCANs displayed a splendid phenol removal over 80% after a 30 min period of reaction.