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Enhancing Fenton-like Photo-degradation and Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER) in Fe-doped Copper Oxide (CuO) Catalysts

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Pith's one-line read Iron doping at 1.56 percent turns cheap copper oxide into a dual-purpose catalyst for oxygen evolution and dye breakdown, the paper reports.

desk verdict A thorough Fe-doping scan of CuO with useful OER stability data, but the photo-degradation claim is undercut by missing dark controls and the paper's own dark-Fenton mechanism paragraph. read the letter →

arxiv 2412.05637 v1 pith:TLSYZ2FA submitted 2024-12-07 physics.app-ph cond-mat.mtrl-sciphysics.chem-ph

Suresh Chandra Baral , Dilip Sasmal , Sayak Datta , Mange Ram , Krishna Kanta Haldar , A. Mekki , Somaditya Sen This is my paper · ORCID
classification physics.app-phcond-mat.mtrl-sciphysics.chem-ph
keywords Fe-dopedcopperoxideoxygenevolutionreactionFenton-likephoto-degradationmethylenebluesol-gelsynthesisvisibleLEDphotocatalysisOERoverpotentialcatalyst
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The pith

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The reading

This paper reports that a small amount of iron doping (1.56 atomic percent) turns ordinary copper oxide into a dual-function catalyst: it lowers the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) overpotential to $338\,\mathrm{mV}$ at $10\,\mathrm{mA\,cm^{-2}}$ and degrades methylene blue dye almost completely (about 99 percent) within 50 minutes of household LED illumination. The authors argue the same defect chemistry—Fe$^{3+}$ ions entering the CuO lattice—simultaneously removes deep trap states, raises the band gap, increases the surface area and electrochemical active surface area, and boosts oxygen vacancies, explaining both enhancements. If correct, the result points to a cheap, non-noble catalyst that could serve both water electrolysis and wastewater treatment. This is an extension of earlier work on doped and undoped CuO photocatalysts, with Fe doping adding Fenton-like chemistry through $\mathrm{H_2O_2}$ activation.

What carries the argument

The load-bearing mechanism is Fe$^{3+}$ substitution at copper sites in monoclinic tenorite CuO (space group C2/c). Because Fe$^{3+}$ has a smaller ionic radius and higher charge than Cu$^{2+}$, it shrinks the lattice, removes intrinsic copper vacancies near the conduction band edge, and pulls extra oxygen into interstitial positions; at the optimal 1.56 percent doping this removes deep trap states (lower Urbach energy), widens the band gap, and raises the concentration of hydroxyl/oxygen-vacancy species, which together increase both the electrochemical active surface area for OER and the generation of hydroxyl radicals for dye oxidation. The same defect chemistry explains why higher doping (3.12 percent) degrades dye slightly better but performs worse for OER.

What would settle it

Run the identical methylene blue experiment in the dark after the usual 60-minute dark equilibration, keeping the catalyst and $\mathrm{H_2O_2}$ concentrations identical; if the dye absorbance falls at roughly the same $0.0973\,\mathrm{min^{-1}}$ rate without any illumination, the degradation is Fenton-like and the photocatalytic contribution is not established. A companion control with $\mathrm{H_2O_2}$ omitted would show whether the catalyst alone drives any removal.

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Core claim

The central claim is that Fe$^{3+}$ substitution in the tenorite CuO lattice at $x = 0.0156$ (sample CF1) yields a single-phase $\mathrm{Cu_{1-x}Fe_xO_{1+\delta}}$ catalyst that outperforms pure CuO and higher-doped CuO in both targeted reactions. For OER in 1 M KOH, CF1 reaches $10\,\mathrm{mA\,cm^{-2}}$ at $338\,\mathrm{mV}$ overpotential with a Tafel slope of $69\,\mathrm{mV\,dec^{-1}}$ and loses only $7\,\mathrm{mV}$ after 2500 LSV cycles, while pure CuO requires $415\,\mathrm{mV}$. For dye removal, CF1 and CF2 degrade methylene blue to 98.8–99.1 percent in 50 minutes under a $0.79\,\mathrm{W\,m^{-2}}$ household LED with $\mathrm{H_2O_2}$, with a first-order rate constant of $0.0973\,\mathrm{min^{-1}}$; the authors attribute the fast kinetics to hydroxyl radicals generated by combined photocatalytic and Fenton-like paths. The doping works, in their account, because Fe$^{3+}$ is smaller and more charged than Cu$^{2+}$, removing copper vacancies, narrowing effective trap states, raising the optical band gap from $1.435$ to $1.5\,\mathrm{eV}$, lowering Urbach energy from $93$ to $80\,\mathrm{meV}$, and increasing BET surface area from $1.49$ to $6.448\,\mathrm{m^2\,g^{-1}}$ and ECSA from $13.5$ to $76\,\mathrm{cm^2}$.

Load-bearing premise

The dye-degradation numbers are presented as photo-degradation, but the protocol adds $\mathrm{H_2O_2}$ before a 60-minute dark adsorption step and includes no controls without light, without $\mathrm{H_2O_2}$, or without catalyst, so the observed removal could occur partly or entirely in the dark through Fenton-like chemistry.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • CF1 could replace noble-metal OER catalysts such as IrO$_2$ in alkaline water electrolyzers, since its measured overpotential ($338\,\mathrm{mV}$) is below the IrO$_2$ benchmark ($352\,\mathrm{mV}$) used in the same study.
  • The same catalyst batch can serve both electrolytic hydrogen production and dye-contaminated wastewater treatment, simplifying catalyst procurement and process integration.
  • Fe doping at 1.56 percent is the optimum tested composition for OER, with pure CuO and 3.12 percent Fe doping both requiring higher overpotentials ($415$ and $367\,\mathrm{mV}$, respectively).
  • Near-complete methylene blue removal in 50 minutes at very low light intensity (about $0.79\,\mathrm{W\,m^{-2}}$) suggests practical wastewater treatment under indoor or ambient LED lighting.
  • The 10-hour chronopotentiometric stability and only $7\,\mathrm{mV}$ overpotential loss after 2500 cycles indicate that CF1 resists corrosion and can sustain $>10\,\mathrm{mA\,cm^{-2}}$ continuously.

Reading between the lines

Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • A natural test of the photo-degradation label is to run the identical methylene blue experiment in the dark with the same catalyst and $\mathrm{H_2O_2}$ loading; any remaining rate would be Fenton-like chemistry, and the difference would isolate the photocatalytic contribution.
  • A normalized OER comparison across Cu-based catalysts—accounting for mass loading, substrate, and iR correction—would show whether the $338\,\mathrm{mV}$ value holds its reported rank among copper materials.
  • If the defect-driven explanation is right, tuning the annealing atmosphere to increase oxygen vacancies could push the overpotential below $300\,\mathrm{mV}$ while preserving dye-degradation activity.
  • Testing the catalyst against anionic dyes and real wastewater streams would clarify whether the near-complete degradation is specific to cationic methylene blue or generalizes.
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Referee Report

5 major / 6 minor

Summary. The manuscript reports the synthesis of Fe-doped CuO (CFO) powders by a sol-gel route and characterizes them by XRD, Raman, FTIR, UV-Vis, XPS, BET, DLS, and electrochemical methods. The authors claim two applications: electrocatalytic OER in 1 M KOH, with a reported overpotential of 338 mV at 10 mA cm−2 for the 1.56% Fe-doped sample (CF1) and a Tafel slope of 69 mV dec−1; and 'Fenton-like photo-degradation' of methylene blue dye under a low-power household LED, with ~99% degradation within 50 minutes and a first-order rate constant of 0.0973 min−1. The paper argues that Fe doping at an optimal 1.56% improves both OER activity and dye degradation relative to pure CuO and to a higher Fe loading (3.12%).

Significance. If the claims were fully supported, the work would provide a low-cost, earth-abundant dual-functional catalyst for water oxidation and wastewater treatment. The manuscript contains a broad set of characterization data (XRD with Rietveld refinement, Raman, FTIR, XPS, BET, DLS, EIS, CV) and direct electrochemical and degradation measurements, which is a strength. However, the central photo-degradation claim is not yet supported because the experimental protocol cannot separate light-driven photocatalysis from dark Fenton-like chemistry, and the paper itself includes a mechanism section describing dark Fenton-like degradation. The OER 'among the lowest' claim is also contradicted by the paper's own cited Cu-based overpotentials (120, 197, and 290 mV). Several internal inconsistencies (zeta-potential sign, specific-activity units and values, lattice-parameter direction) undermine confidence in the reported numbers. The work is a potentially useful contribution to CuO-based Fenton-like and OER catalysis, but the headline claims need substantial revision or additional experiments.

major comments (5)
  1. [Section 2c and Section 4a(i)] The photocatalytic degradation protocol cannot distinguish light-driven photocatalysis from dark Fenton-like chemistry. Hydrogen peroxide is added to the dye/catalyst suspension before the 60-min dark adsorption-equilibration step, and no control experiments without light, without H2O2, or without catalyst are reported. The mechanism paragraph in Section 4a(i) explicitly states that Fe-doped CuO with H2O2 degrades MB 'without using any external source of irradiation with photon' and lists Fenton-like reaction steps. Therefore, the abstract and conclusion claim 'Almost complete degradation ... within 50 minutes of visible light irradiation' is not supported by the presented data. The authors should provide dark control experiments (H2O2 with catalyst but no light), no-H2O2 controls, and catalyst-free controls, or they should reframe the claim as H2O2-assisted Fenton-like degradation and quantify the actual light contribution.
  2. [Abstract and Section 4b] The claim that 'The overpotential (η10) of 338 mV at 10 mA cm−2 is among the lowest compared with other copper-based materials' is directly contradicted by the paper's own cited benchmarks: ref [20] (Huan et al.) reports 290 mV, ref [30] (Mishra and Pradhan) reports 120 mV, and ref [31] (Xu et al.) reports 197 mV for Cu-based electrocatalysts at 10 mA cm−2. Please remove or substantially qualify this positioning statement and benchmark CF1 against these and other CuO-based catalysts on the same metric.
  3. [Section 3 (DLS) and Section 4a] The text states 'The positive Zeta potential for all the samples indicates that all the samples will show better adsorption kinetics for cationic dyes,' but the reported zeta potentials are -14.63, -8, and -14.43 mV for C0, CF1, and CF2, respectively. This is a direct internal contradiction. A negative zeta potential can favor adsorption of cationic dyes, so the conclusion may still hold, but the sign description and reasoning must be corrected.
  4. [Section 4b (SA equation and values)] The specific activity equation 'SA (mA/ cm2) = J (mA/cm2)/10* m (g/cm2) SBET (m2/g)' is dimensionally inconsistent: J/(m·SBET) has units of mA·cm2/(m2·g·cm−2) = mA/m2, i.e., 10−4 mA/cm2, not mA/cm2, and the factor 10 is unexplained. The reported SA values (CF1 0.82, CF2 0.63, C0 1.29 mA/cm2) appear to be calculated using m = 0.19 g/cm2, whereas the mass activity calculation uses m = 0.00019 g/cm2 (0.19 mg/cm2). The text also mislabels SA as 'mass activity' and states CF1 exhibits 'higher mass activity' even though its SA (0.82 mA/cm2) is lower than C0 (1.29 mA/cm2). Please provide a correct formula, consistent units, and corrected comparative statements.
  5. [Section 3 (lattice parameters)] The sentence 'The lattice parameter 'a' decreased from C0 4.46162 Å to CF1 4.66133 Å' is contradicted by the numerical values, since 4.66133 Å is larger than 4.46162 Å. The subsequent text says it then 'increased to 4.66151 Å', which does not follow from the stated direction. Please correct the numerical values or the verbal description, because the interpretation of Fe incorporation rests on the accurate direction of lattice changes.
minor comments (6)
  1. [Section 2c and Section 4a] The list of catalyst concentrations is inconsistent: Section 2c lists '0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.25, and 1.5 mg/mL', but Section 4a repeats '1.25 mg/mL' twice; please correct the list.
  2. [Section 4a] The scavenger test is incorrectly referenced as 'Figure 5(g)'; according to the Figure 5 caption, panel (g) shows catalyst concentration, panel (h) shows scavenger results, and panel (i) shows recyclability. Please update the cross-reference.
  3. [Section 4a] The first-order rate constant 0.0973 min−1 is not explicitly assigned to a sample or condition; please state which catalyst (CF1 or CF2) and which catalyst concentration this value corresponds to.
  4. [Section 4b] The CV scan rates are listed as '20, 40, 50, 60, 80, and 100 mV/s' in the methods, but the results section mentions '20, 40, 60, 80, and 100 mVs–1'; please use a consistent list.
  5. [Abstract and Section 4b] The manuscript states in the abstract that 'The OER occurs at about 1.49 V versus the RHE (η = 260 mV)' and later reports η10 = 338 mV at 10 mA cm−2. Please clarify the relationship between these two values (e.g., onset potential vs. 10 mA cm−2 overpotential) so readers are not confused.
  6. [Section 3] The notation 'Fe3+ (IV)' and 'Cu2+ (IV)' is ambiguous; please use formal oxidation-state and coordination-number notation, e.g., Fe3+ in tetrahedral coordination.

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity: central OER and dye-degradation results are direct measurements, and the paper's self-citations are ancillary.

full rationale

This is an experimental synthesis and characterization paper. The headline values—η10 = 338 mV, Tafel slope 69 mV/dec, 98.8–99.1% MB removal, and k = 0.0973 min−1—are read directly from LSV curves and absorbance time series, not derived from fitted parameters or from the authors' prior results. The Tauc band-gap fits, Urbach energies, and Cdl/ECSA slopes are characterization outputs and do not enter the headline numbers. Self-citations [52] and [55] supply a literature mechanism and scavenger dosages, but the degradation percentages do not reduce to those citations. The paper's own mechanism section states that MB is degraded by Fe-doped CuO/H2O2 'without using any external source of irradiation with photon,' which flags a missing-control attribution problem for the word 'photo-degradation'; however, that is an experimental validity concern, not a circular derivation, because the reported degradation efficiency is not defined in terms of the photo-mechanism. No equation in the paper is equivalent by construction to an input, and no fitted parameter is renamed as a prediction.

Assumptions & free parameters 2 free parameters · 4 assumptions · 0 invented entities

No new theoretical entities are introduced. The central claims rest on standard characterization interpretations and on the assumption that the measured activity is intrinsic to the doped CuO. The main unverified inputs are the specific capacitance constant used for ECSA and the Tauc transition exponent.

free parameters (2)
  • Cs (specific capacitance of flat electrode) = 40 μF/cm2
    Assumed from ref [54] and used to convert Cdl to ECSA. If the actual CuO surface has a different specific capacitance, the ECSA values and comparisons based on them change proportionally.
  • Tauc exponent n = n = 1/2 (direct allowed) assumed
    Band gap values depend on the assumed transition type; the text does not justify the choice, and this affects the reported band gaps used in the mechanism discussion.
assumptions (4)
  • domain assumption Fe3+ substitutes Cu2+ lattice sites in CuO
    Inferred from XRD peak shifts, Raman shifts, and XPS, but no direct local structure probe (e.g., EXAFS) is provided; the lattice parameter trends are non-monotonic.
  • domain assumption Measured anodic current is dominated by OER
    No iR compensation or control for Cu corrosion/catalyst oxidation current is reported; capacitive current is not subtracted from LSV.
  • domain assumption Dye removal is photocatalytic rather than dark Fenton-like
    H2O2 is present during the 60-min dark adsorption step, and no dark, no-H2O2, or no-catalyst controls are reported.
  • standard math RHE calibration via Nernst equation is accurate
    Uses Etheta(Hg/HgO) = 0.097 V and pH 13.8 following ref [53]; acceptable but no direct calibration measurement is shown.

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Although hydrogen generation by water electrolysis is the cheapest of all other available sources, water splitting still occurs with sluggish kinetics. It is a challenging barrier for H2 production on a large scale. Moreover, research is still underway to understand the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and design the catalysts with improved OER performance. Herein, we report the synthesis, characterization, and OER performance of iron-doped copper oxide (CuO) as low-cost catalysts for water oxidation. The OER occurs at about 1.49 V versus the RHE with a Tafel slope of 69 mV/dec in a 1 M KOH solution. The overpotential of 338 mV at 10 mA/cm2 is among the lowest compared with other copper-based materials. The catalyst can deliver a stable current density of >10 mA/cm2 for more than 10 hours. Additionally, wastewater treatment, particularly synthetic dye wastewater, is vital for preventing water scarcity and adverse effects on human health and ecotoxicology. The as-synthesized catalysts are also utilized for Fenton-like photo-degradation under low-power visible household LED lights toward the most commonly industrially used simulated Methylene blue dye wastewater. Almost complete degradation of the MB dye has been achieved within 50 minutes of visible light irradiation with a first-order rate constant of 0.0973/min. This dual functionality feature can open new pathways as a non-noble, highly efficient, and robust catalyst for OER and wastewater treatments.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Represents structural characterization of all the samples; (a) shows XRD pattern, while the inset shows the magnified image of the 002 planes, indicating peak shifting; (b) refined structure for the CF2 sample with the goodness of fit; (c) showing the variation of crystallite size with lattice strain; and (d) represents the Raman spectra for all the samples. The group theory analysis, supported by experimental resul… view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. (a, b, c) Represents the FESEM images (d, e, f), (g, h, i, j), and (k, l, m, n) showing elemental mapping for C0, CF1, and CF2 samples, respectively [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p016_3.png] view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Absorbance of MB solution over time for C0, CF1, and CF2, respectively, is represented [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p021_5.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: Schematic representation for degradation mechanism of Fe [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p022_6.png]
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: represents (a) Polarization curves (LSV) plot, (b) corresponding Tafel plot (c) [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p026_7.png]
Figure 8
Figure 8. Figure 8: (a, b, c) Cyclic voltammetry curves of C0, CF1, and CF2, respectively, and (d) [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p028_8.png]

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