Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

Depletable peroxidase-like activity of Fe3O4 nanozymes accompanied with separate migration of electrons and iron ions

  • Haijiao Dong,
  • Wei Du,
  • Jian Dong,
  • Renchao Che,
  • Fei Kong,
  • Wenlong Cheng,
  • Ming Ma,
  • Ning Gu,
  • Yu Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33098-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The mechanism of peroxidase-like Fe3O4 nanozymes remains elusive. Here, the authors show the electron transfer mechanism of Fe(II) ions to regenerate surface Fe(II) and the related phase transformation and depletion of activity.