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Electro Fenton degradation of glyphosate by incrassated defect-free conductive Cu metal organic framework

Xu W., Chen K., Yang Y. et al. · Process Safety and Environmental Protection · 2025 · 107991

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Application RelevanceSupport assessment: High

10CAT-1 Film degrades glyphosate efficiently at neutral pH under ambient air, reaching about 75% degradation in 1 h with k = 0.022 min-1 and retaining 68.92% after five cycles.

Caveat: Application performance is for a paper-supported film electrode, not an intrinsic electrical-transport measurement of a free-standing MOF.

1 · Abstract · Linked to 6 structured results

Application RelevanceSupport assessment: Medium

ECOSAR calculations indicate that glyphosate degradation products have substantially higher LC50 values than glyphosate and reduced acute toxicity.

Caveat: Toxicity values are ECOSAR/QSAR estimates, not new biological assays; Table S4 values are now taken from the rendered SI table.

19 · Supporting information · Table S4 · Linked to 12 structured results

Structure Property LinkSupport assessment: High

Increasing the copper nitrate concentration during film construction yields a thicker, more continuous Cu-HHTP layer with lower Raman ID/IG ratio, narrower XRD peaks and improved hydrophilicity.

Caveat: Contact-angle text and rendered figure label are inconsistent (20.0 vs 24.0 degrees for 10CAT-1); both were retained with provenance.

5 · 3.2 High Cu concentration induces crystallinity perfection · Fig. 2 · Linked to 9 structured results

Transport MechanismSupport assessment: Medium

The consecutive Cu-HHTP layer and reduced graphitic defects in 10CAT-1 improve electrochemical charge transfer relative to CAT-1.

Caveat: The electrochemical CV/LSV/EIS improvements are reported qualitatively; fitted resistance/current values are not tabulated.

7 · 3.4 Incrassated Cu-HHTP layer promotes the electrochemical performance · Fig. 4 · Linked to 3 structured results

Transport MechanismSupport assessment: Medium

Cu2+/Cu+ cycling in conductive Cu-HHTP promotes in situ H2O2 activation to hydroxyl radicals, which attack glyphosate and drive mineralisation.

Caveat: Mechanistic evidence combines ex-situ XPS, EPR and LC-MS; radical concentration is qualitative.

10 · 3.6 Electro-Fenton degradation mechanism explanation · Eq. 2-5; Fig. S14 · Linked to 7 structured results

Material identities

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MaterialCompositionStructure contextSource
Cu-HHTP conductive metal-organic frameworkBrowse family: Cu₃(HHTP)₂ / Cu–HHTPCu-HHTP (exact stoichiometry not explicitly reported in this paper)Cu centres coordinated by catecholate O atoms; described as CuO4 nodes with Cu2+/Cu+ redox cycling · HHTP = 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexahydroxytriphenylene2D · PristineLayered pi-pi conjugated conductive 2D MOF with AA-stacking Cu-HHTP powder peaks and film [001] stacking features.2 · Introduction
Cu(OH)2 network precursorCu(OH)2Cu hydroxide precursor networkunknown · UnknownIsland-type Cu(OH)2 precursor network on paper filter before HHTP conversion.5 · 3.3 Surface investigation · Fig. 3
paper filter substratecellulose paperunknown · UnknownCellulose filter paper substrate with cellulose reflections at 16.1 and 22.7 degrees.5 · 3.2 High Cu concentration induces crystallinity perfection · Fig. 2a

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SampleForm and roleProcessing and geometrySource
10CAT-1 Filmresearch_0888__mat__mat_cu_hhtpElectrode · Target Sample · CompositePaper-based Cu-HHTP film prepared with 10 volumes of 40 mM copper nitrate trihydrate solution and stored in a desiccator.paper filter; attached to FTO conductive glass for electrochemical measurements · approximately 1.61 um Cu-HHTP rod-like film layer3 · 2.3 Construction of CAT-1 film and 10CAT-1 film device
CAT-1 Filmresearch_0888__mat__mat_cu_hhtpElectrode · Pristine Control · CompositePaper-based Cu-HHTP film prepared with equal volumes of ethanolamine and copper nitrate solutions.paper filter; attached to FTO conductive glass for electrochemical measurements · approximately 1.08 um Cu-HHTP rod-like film layer3 · 2.3 Construction of CAT-1 film and 10CAT-1 film device
Cu-HHTP powderresearch_0888__mat__mat_cu_hhtpPowder · Pristine Control · Pristine FrameworkBlack solid Cu-HHTP powder washed with methanol and vacuum-dried at 100 degC for 12 h.3 · 2.2 Synthesis of Cu-HHTP powder
Cu(OH)2 Network precursor on paper filterresearch_0888__mat__mat_cuoh2_networkThin Film · Pristine Control · CompositeAged copper nitrate/ethanolamine dispersion filtered on paper and cross-linked before HHTP conversion.paper filterSupporting information captions · Fig. S2; Fig. S5-S8; Fig. S12
paper filterresearch_0888__mat__mat_paper_filterThin Film · Pristine Control · UnknownAs-received slow-speed paper filter used as membrane substrate and structural/contact-angle control.3 · 2.1 Materials; 2.3 Construction of CAT-1 film