A facile one-step method was developed to fabricate mono-dispersed Fe nanoparticles (Fe NPs) coated with SiO(2) shell by aqueous reduction method combined with modified Stöber method. Borohydride was acted not only as a reductant for iron salt but also as a catalyst for hydrolysis and polycondensation reaction of tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS), and more importantly, there was no need to use surface primer for the generation of Fe NPs and catalyst NH(4)OH for SiO(2). Both the Fe NPs agglomeration and SiO(2) shell thickness can be controlled through the synthetic conditions. Lower potassium borohydride (KBH(4)) injection speed was preferable to assemble Fe NPs. The SiO(2) shell thickness increased gradually with the increase of TEOS amount. Under the condition of TEOS amount of 0.1mL and KBH(4) injection speed of 5mL/min, 25nm single Fe NP was coated with SiO(2) shell with thickness of about 9nm. The resulting nanoporous SiO(2) shell was proved to allow reactant to reach the Fe NPs while at the same time protect them from aggregation. The reactivity characterization of the SiO(2)-coated Fe nanoparticles (Fe@SiO(2)) showed that both TEOS concentration and KBH(4) injection speed had effect on Cr (VI) degradation ability. The highest removal capacity of Fe@SiO(2) can reach 467mgCr/gFe at an initial Cr (VI) concentration of 70mg/L under pH 6.0±0.1. XPS and TEM results showed that Cr (VI) was converted to nontoxic Cr (III) and the reaction product was completely adsorbed to SiO(2) shell.
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