Fabrication of magnetic Fe3O4/silica nanofiber composites with enhanced Fenton-like catalytic performance for Rhodamine B degradation

Tiny Fe3O4 nanoparticles (Fe3O4NP) were successfully immobilized on the surface of porous silica nanofibers (PSNF) to form a novel hybrid Fenton-like catalyst of Fe3O4/PSNF through an in situ high-temperature decomposition method. The crystalline phase, microstructure and specific properties of Fe3O4/PSNF were characterized in detail. It was found that the Fe3O4NP with cubic spinel structure and diameter of 10–80 nm was grown on the surface of...