Publications by authors named "Fausto Eduardo Bimbi Junior"

Antibiotics from the fluoroquinolone class, such as norfloxacin (NOR), are emerging contaminants with significant environmental and human health impacts. Their safe degradation from water remains a global challenge due to their persistence, lack of biodegradability, and ability to induce resistant bacteria. To the best of our knowledge, for the first time, this work reports the development of highly efficient photocatalytic degradation of NOR using environmentally friendly microfibrillated cellulose@ZnO (MFC@ZnO) photocatalysts.

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Graphene-based materials have attracted considerable attention as promising electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and as electrode materials for supercapacitors. In this work, electrochemical exfoliation of graphite in the presence of 4-aminebenzoic acid (4-ABA) is used as a one-step method to prepare graphene oxide materials (EGO) functionalized with aminobenzoic acid (EGO-ABA). The EGO and EGO-ABAs materials were characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy.

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